I recorded nfc from 2-5am this morning. Diversity and quantity is pretty good.
At about 2:30am I had a single monotone "whoo" that reminded me of Long-eared owl recordings (Stokes) except that it was slightly higher pitched. Then ~30 minutes later, I heard the same single "whoo" again except that this was lower pitched and almost exactly matches Stokes' Long-eared recording, which reduces the chance of night flight. I went through all the owl species on Stokes East Coast and still the only thing that it sounded like was Long-eared owl. 1. Resident owls here are Eastern screech and Great Horned. I've have only rarely heard GHO from the location I record nfc (backporch of 14 yr old suburban subdivision). Immature GHO doesn't ever do a single "whoo" call does it? 2. I checked ebird and September records of Long-eared owl are very very sparse in the Mid-Atlantic, which reduces the chance of Long-eared owl Any other species that I should check? Sincerely, Andrew -- 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/ --
