[mou] Saw-whet owl?
Karen Wheeler
wheel023@tc.umn.edu
Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:11:44 -0600
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I live (and bird) on the edge of Murphy-Hanrehan park in Dakota Co. For =
the past week I have heard a bird calling from approx. 7-10pm (and =
occas. in the pre-dawn hour). It calls a repetitive monotone "hoo hoo" =
and the sound waxes and wanes as if the bird is shifting positions. Is =
this most likely a Northern Saw-whet Owl? My other rule-out is a =
Night-Heron, but this doesn't sound "kwok-y" enough. I've never heard a =
Saw-whet Owl in our woods, but (as per the season) have heard the Great =
Horned Owls calling dusk and dawn for the past 6 weeks. =20
Would appreciate any insight on this.
Karen Wheeler
Burnsville=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I live (and bird) on the edge of =
Murphy-Hanrehan=20
park in Dakota Co. For the past week I have heard a bird calling from =
approx.=20
7-10pm (and occas. in the pre-dawn hour). It calls a repetitive monotone =
"hoo=20
hoo" and the sound waxes and wanes as if the bird is shifting positions. =
Is this=20
most likely a Northern Saw-whet Owl? My other rule-out is a Night-Heron, =
but=20
this doesn't sound "kwok-y" enough. I've never heard a Saw-whet Owl =
in our=20
woods, but (as per the season) have heard the Great =
Horned Owls=20
calling dusk and dawn for the past 6 weeks. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Would appreciate any insight on =
this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Karen Wheeler</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2>Burnsville</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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