[mou] single owl hoot I.D.

[owlwise]

  Hi everyone, I hope this isn't off base, but I was out in the woods on the U.P. of MI., and heard an owl at night very close. It made a single note hoot, only  2 or 3 times, and moved on. It was a deep Barred owl or Great Horned owl sounding hoot. Any ideas of what kind of owl it was and what the single hoot is for?



  Walt


-----Original Message-----
>From: linda <birds@moosewoods.us>
>Sent: Feb 19, 2007 8:30 AM
>To: mnbird@lists.mnbird.net, mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
>Subject: [mou] photo ops close to home
>
>Sunday:
>barred owl dozing in the entrance to its nest cavity; in the bottoms 
>near the mouth of the MN River, about 1/2 m. east of Faribault and 
>Sibley Houses in Mendota Heights (visible from the inner path that runs 
>closer to the rr. tracks)
>
>two red-tail (not ROAD-tail today) hawks hunting productively on the 
>hillsides of Acacia Cemetery in Mendota Heights--fabulous close-up looks 
>at the action and the birds themselves
>
>also in Acacia, several red-breasted nuthatches
>
>(not bad for a day when family engagements keep birding time short)
>
>Linda Whyte
>
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