[obol] Vocal Owls At Dusk Last Night

[Vernon DiPietro]

Hello OBOL ,
  I seem to remember back in..... well a long time ago, when I was At  
OMSI's Hancock FS,  that Great Horned Owl young do a screech sounding  
call similar to a Barn Owl. I've been hearing that call in the trees  
around my place for  as long as I've been down here for the Summer  
(abt a Month). (And for years now)
  I've listened to the Barn Owl call on the Peterson recordings and  
it's similar, and I've seen Barn Owl out here, but I'm thinking that  
the call is actually GHOW young being persistent little beggars,  
similar how a begging Juv gull acts towards its parents. I can  
distinguish at least 2 individuals calling. Last night I saw  GHOW   
Fly into a tree at my place in Ada (Oregon) just at dusk. I had left  
the house w/o binos to walk down to the  lake (Siltcoos Lake) and saw  
it land on a branch. When It finally flew away I could make out a  
silhouette of some sort of varmint in it's talons. Cripes... i never  
go to the lake without Binos....arrrgh.
  Anyway could someone comment on the Barn Owl-like screech call of  
Juv GHOW? Or am I remembering wrong.
Best,
Vern

On Jul 11, 2008, at 6:11 PM, John Thomas wrote:

> A family of Crows in our little 4 acre woodlot this summer has kept  
> the owls
> at bay. If they spotted an owl, they just hassled them mercilessly  
> all day
> long. It was a little bit irritating to say the least but the crows  
> were
> protecting their young one. I thought that all the owls had decided to
> mostly stay away from our woods for the duration. However, it is to  
> be noted
> that the baby Crow has put on a bit of weight and intelligence and the
> family is now only intermittently here.
>
> Last night at dusk- the "swather" fired up across the road in the  
> 80 acre
> grass field (they swath -cut the grass seed fields - at night to  
> prevent too
> much seed loss while arranging the cut grass into rows for  
> combining when it
> dries). A moment later, a GREAT HORNED OWL started hooting right in  
> front of
> our house (!) in the row of 50' fir trees down the driveway. About  
> 5 minutes
> later I heard the screech of a BARN OWL back in the corner of the  
> woodlot.
> The crows may protest but the habitat brings them back. Nice hiding  
> spot and
> food in the grass field nearby.
>
> John Thomas
> 5 mi N of Silverton
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Vern DiPietro
Between Ada and Portland Oregon.
www.vernondipietrophotographer.com




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