Being in Ithaca right now, I did not hear two or possibly three Great Horned Owls calling on Peabody Street in Duluth last night, but my husband did and called to tell me. It sounds like there's a pair--he said their voices were definitely on two different pitches. Our rabbit population had been getting higher this year...
Best, Laura Erickson (not in) Duluth, MN On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Pat S. <[email protected]> wrote: > I had my first Great Horned Owl in our area last night. I first heard its > call, and it sounded like there were two. I looked outside (it was 11pm) > and saw it in our neighbor's tree. It was dark but a lot of moonlight and > snow helped me see it. It had ears...so I am merely drawing the conclusion > that it was a GHO. It was large. It eventually flew into our yard...stayed > a while and then flew off. We have lots of bunnies, maybe this year I will > have some shrubs left in the spring. > > > > I hope it is like our Pileateds which has a routine and includes our yard. > I was pretty excited to see my first GHO. > > > > Pat > > Burnsville > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- -- Laura Erickson Science Editor Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 607-254-1114 If you've found this information useful, I hope you'll consider supporting our work on behalf of birds and other wildlife. In addition to knowing that you'll be making a difference for conservation, you'll receive our award-winning Living Bird magazine and informative BirdScope newsletter four times a year. We invite you to join our "force for nature." To sign up or watch our video about membership, visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/NetCommunity/membership or call us at 1-800-843-2473. For the love, understanding, and protection of birds There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
