Hello everyone, Early this morning I recorded (with my phone, unfortunately) what I think is a Barn Owl just outside of Columbus Ohio where there have been unconfirmed reports of Barn Owl in recent weeks. The vocalizations I heard were very similar to Chris T-H's recording that was recently shared with this list, but with a bit of a downslur at the end of the calls. The recording was made while two individuals were apparently flying over mixed open grassland/wetland area (if they were perched, they would have been frequently flying from perch to perch). An adult Great Horned Owl was heard far off in the distance, and the birds were never seen.
I'd also love to know whether this is indeed a Barn Owl or could possibly be something else (and if so, what)? A spectrogram and clip of the best call I managed to record (barely audible without headphones and the volume turned up) can be found at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/battelle-darby-owl-14aug2012 Assuming these birds stick around, I might return to the area in the next day or two with better equipment to get a decent recording and visual confirmation of the ID. Until then, any and all comments are welcomed! Paul Hurtado Columbus, OH -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
