I met Susan on Hammond Hill Friday after her foray to Park Pre. and we had a similar experience; silence. The frogs did start up for us finally. I always wonder what makes Owls especially vocal or not. Of course my pondering mostly occurs when facing the prospect of hearing nothing, but the anticipation is still fun.
Gary On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:51 AM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote: Hmmm. On Friday evening, since I had to drop my daughters for the midnight opening show of Hunger Games, I decided to take advantage of another warm, calm night t try for the owls. I was at the Park Preserve parking area at about 11:30 for about 30 minutes. After much silence and someLong-eared hooting imitations, a BARRED OWL finally started calling to the east -- first single hoots then the long call -- actually this one did 7 notes repeatedly, first 3 notes, then 4. I then whistle Saw-owl calls for quite a while but got no response. Then I went up on Hammond Hill and tried at several spots on Hammond and Star Stanton Rds, where I had heard them in previous Marches. I whistled and whistled -- it was so silent (no cars, wind, insects, or frogs) and my whistles echoed through the trees, but again the only response was a lone BARRED OWL. I was sorry to strike out on such a perfect nigh, but maybe time of night was a factor? KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> On Mar 23, 2012, at 8:48 PM, Ann Mitchell wrote: This evening around 7:30 Susan and I met at the Park Preserve and tried our luck at hearing the "migrant" Long-earred Owl. We stood just inside the gate and played the Northern Saw-whet tooting call. We did not hear the LE Owl, but clearly heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL. It was still light enough so we walked along the main trail for a bit. We heard and saw at least 2 actively displaying WOODCOCK, one on either side of the Park Preserve. They flew high enough so we were able to see them. There were at least 2 pairs. Good Birding, Ann -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
