I've been hearing screech owls every night for about a month (Sheffield Road, Ithaca/Enfield town line), north of me, that rolling sound they make, not the whinny.
Deb -----Original Message----- From: bounce-128043245-83565...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-128043245-83565...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 7:22 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Saw-whet Owls So now it’s day 13, and the question is: what’s going on here? The expenditure of time and energy is conspicuous. Is this courtship? a single-sex group, warming-up for courtship-to-come? It seems quite early. Perhaps these are just well-fed boasters loitering in a rich winter hunting camp? I did note the early New York egg date of March 31st. I think I’ve tracked that down to a pair that nested in a Wood Duck box on Howland Island in 1966. They produced three fledglings in late May (Kingbird 16-3, p. 168). -Geo > On Feb 21, 2024, at 6:02 AM, Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Definitely still at least two Saw-whets here. Curious about what these > little owls might be doing in the pre-dawn hours, I went outside from 5:00 to > 5:30 AM. The answer is that they’re as vocal in the morning as they’ve been > in the evenings, tooting back and forth from perches. Just before taking > flight an owl begins an accelerated, fluttery “tu-tu-tu-tu…” which continues > as the bird moves to a new location. Then there’s a pause, before the tooting > starts again. Occasionally one gives a whine or several squeaks. > > -Geo -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
