[mou] Thayer's Gull & Saw Whet Owl
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:24:17 -0500
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I was up in Knife River today and found a adult Thayer's Gull at the =
mouth of the Knife River mixed in with some Herring Gulls.
Last Sunday around 5pm I was building a wood rack behind my garage for =
my lumber. While building this rack I kept hearing some definite calls =
or partial song of a Northern Saw -Whet Owl. I kept telling my self nah =
thinking it was something coming off Grand Ave or on the Munger Trail. =
So I took a break to listen to this owl. What was neat about the calls =
was at times the calls/partial song sounded about 200 yards away and =
then as if the owl turned his head towards me and song was much closer. =
I knew it had to be a owl. So I went up to the trail and found no kids =
making owl type whistles, no cars making Saw- Whet Owl calls or =
whistles, in fact there was no one around not even a Starling. The owl =
stopped for awhile and then called again till around dusk. At night I =
went back to listen and I heard nothing. I have no idea if Northern Saw =
-Whets will sing a partial song near dusk or not but I do know from what =
I heard in my back yard, it definitely was a Northern Saw Whet Owl. The =
owl would belt out 3-4 short short whistle type notes. Stop and do about =
6-8 more then do about 3-4 then give a longer song. The song was =
abbreviated version of a full Saw Whet song. In the spring they seen to =
go on forever but this was a short series of calls.
Anyway I thought this was odd and behind my yard I have a mix =
aspen/ash/spruce woods.
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth
Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I was up in Knife River today =
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adult Thayer's Gull at the mouth of the Knife River mixed in with some =
Herring=20
Gulls.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2> Last Sunday around 5pm =
I was=20
building a wood rack behind my garage for my lumber. While =
building this=20
rack I kept hearing some definite calls or partial song of a Northern =
Saw -Whet=20
Owl. I kept telling my self nah thinking it was something coming off =
Grand Ave=20
or on the Munger Trail. So I took a break to listen to this =
owl. =20
What was neat about the calls was at times the calls/partial song =
sounded about=20
200 yards away and then as if the owl turned his head towards me and =
song was=20
much closer. I knew it had to be a owl. So I went up to the trail =
and=20
found no kids making owl type whistles, no cars making Saw- Whet Owl =
calls or=20
whistles, in fact there was no one around not even a Starling. The =
owl=20
stopped for awhile and then called again till around dusk. At =
night I went=20
back to listen and I heard nothing. I have no idea if Northern Saw =
-Whets=20
will sing a partial song near dusk or not but I do know from what I =
heard in my=20
back yard, it definitely was a Northern Saw Whet Owl. The owl =
would=20
belt out 3-4 short short whistle type notes. Stop and do about 6-8 more =
then do=20
about 3-4 then give a longer song. The song was abbreviated =
version of a=20
full Saw Whet song. In the spring they seen to go on forever but =
this was=20
a short series of calls.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Anyway I thought this was odd =
and behind=20
my yard I have a mix aspen/ash/spruce woods.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Mike Hendrickson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Duluth</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael =
Hendrickson<BR>Duluth, Minnesota=20
Birding Treks<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart=
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