Night before last, I heard several ascending whistle calls, right outside my door. The local Barred Owls responded with typical hooting, so I think the whistles were (still begging?) calls from their immature youngsters.
-Geo Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 22, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Marty Schlabach <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > I also last night heard a sound right outside of my bedroom window that I > didn’t recognize at first. But, a bit later from the same tree came the more > typical screech owl whinny, so am pretty sure it was the same bird. --Marty > > From: bounce-120815972-3494...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-120815972-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Chris R. > Pelkie > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:19 AM > To: Eva Smith <eva.h.sm...@gmail.com> > Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] ID help? Whistling at night > > I’ll defer to the experts but would not rule out Screech-owl. I’ve heard that > also: clear descending rather than whinny descending but followed by other > EASO distinct sounds, so concluded it was the same bird. I’ve been hearing > EASO loud whinnies just in the last couple of weeks, first time this year, so > I guess I have a male imoving around checking out the territory or > advertising once again. > > ChrisP > ______________________ > > Chris Pelkie > Information/Data Manager, Application Systems Analyst > Bioacoustics Research Program > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > On Sep 22, 2016, at 08:32, Eva Smith <eva.h.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I hope it's ok to ask for ID help here. Between Sibley and the Lab of O's > bird call recordings, I haven't been able to get a decent ID on a bird heard > last night. > > The call was a long (1-2 s) descending clear whistle (not a whinny like a > typical Eastern Screech Owl), starting on a high note and ending quite low. > It was repeated 3-4 times and then followed by a repeated whistle on a > single, high note. The timbre was similar to a saw-whet owl, but the tempo > was different. > > It was heard at 1 AM at the border between a field and scrubby forest. > > Regards, > Eva > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
