Andrew - A year or two ago I recorded a series of LEOW-like sounds that sounded decent but not exactly right for this species. This was during late August I think. They were spaced much closer together (every 10-15 s), and varied a lot in pitch and tone. I may have posted a recording to this list, I'm not sure. At any rate, the consensus seemed to be that they were likely not of avian origin. Maybe deer? I'm not familiar with all the mammalian options.
Maybe it would be interesting to compare our recordings. Of course, could be that you have a real Long-eared. Does anyone know how often LEOW calls outside of the breeding season? Benjamin Van Doren On Sep 20, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Andrew Albright <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
