[mou-net] Thanks for help with evening bird call along East river road

[Keith Carlson]

Thanks for all who replied.  It was an Eastern Screech Owl


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Re: [mou-net] falling up on my bird call ID

[Steve Weston]

Hi Keith,

Snipe? No. Forgetting about the time of year, the habitat and location are
both wrong. The winnowing call of the Snipe is a sound that is produced by
its feathers during display flight. So, you would hear the sound above you,
not below you. And, the habitat is wrong. The bird would be displaying over
an open field.

While several passerines have a simple trill song (incomplete list: Junco,
Swamp Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Worm-eating
Warbler), I suspect that it was the winnow of a Screech Owl, which is at
that location and would be singing at this time of year and day. For the
others the time of year and day are both wrong. And, the Screech Owl often
sings from inside its hole, which even if it was nearby would muffle the
sound.

Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
swest...@comcast.net

On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 12:41 AM, Keith Carlson 
wrote:

> Following up on my original question, " As I walked East River Road north
> of the Ford Bridge Friday evening, at around 10 p.m., I heard a 4 to 5
> second soft trill in the bluffs below me.  Frequency and volume  were
> constant.  It repeated at 30 to 60 second intervals."
>
> Could it possibly be a snipe this early in the year?
>
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