Birders, I took the liberty of clearing up this Screech-owl conundrum once and for all this morning, as I think I've now received alerts of excess of 15 reports of it being either species (Western and Eastern). At around 6:20 am, the bird responded to an Eastern Screech-owl whinny on tape by letting out a slow bouncing ball song, and then in response to Western Screech-owl tape it flew behind me and made single, soft hoots of the same quality as those found in the bouncing ball song.
In conclusion, this Bear Creek Dog Park Screech-owl which according to locals has been here since Thanksgiving, is a Western. Happy birding and Happy Holidays, David Tonnessen Colorado Springs, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a7968fca-b853-447e-8ba6-5e4203032ced%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
