[obol] took took birds or... whose owl hoots were they?

[Arch McCallum]

Andrew and OBOL,
I think I have been hearing the same call, for maybe the past two 
weeks. The call I've been hearing is louder and harsher than familiar 
Western Screech-Owl calls. I was awakened by it a couple of times in 
the pre-dawn hours (shame on me for not being up yet). It was so 
intense I actually convinced myself it was a Western Gray Squirrel 
sounding off in the pitch black dark. But, I have been hearing a lot 
of conventional WESO bouncing ball and trilling calls too. This is 
different. Since I  started trying to record it several nights ago, I 
naturally have not heard it. I think this is a screech owl, but it is 
surprisingly strong, as described by Andrew. I haven't yet checked 
the CLO Owl CDs, but they are a more likely place to find this 
unusual call than a website, including CLO's.
Arch McCallum
mixed oak and dougfir at 1100 feet
SW of Eugene

At 02:34 PM 9/5/2007 -0400, Andrew Marshall wrote:
>Hello Oboloids,
>Last night I was entertained as it were by owls outside.  Hoots, or 
>more like 'tooks'  pronounced as in I took that away... repeated, 
>getting more rapid but not running together, up to about a dozen at 
>a time.  Also had a nice tookish trill that was done occasionally 
>instead.  When the GREAT HORNED OWLS hooted, these tookies shut up 
>quickly, but returned soon after to tooking away at each other... so 
>my guess is they were smaller then the GHO.  My guess is a PYGMY 
>OWL  or SCREECH OWL, but my house-mate is convinced it must be 
>bigger due to the tone of the call... I think the idea is a little 
>tiny own makes a little tiny sound.  What's your ideas for an owl 
>here outside Dallas, 700tf elev. mixed large doug fir and oak 
>woodland, broken with pastures.  I have seen GHO and SAWWHET OWLS, 
>heard BARRED OWLS and BARN OWLS, and know it wasn't them.  Any place 
>I can go on the web to hear owls call?
>
>Thanks for the help
>
>All the best
>
>Andrew
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