Hi everyone, After the seminar at the Lab of Ornithology tonight (Monday) I was walking home through Sapsucker Woods when I heard the moderately high-pitched, repeated tooting whistle of a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (or alternatively someone doing a good imitation of a Saw-whet...in which case please correct me on-list, but I was not aware of any other person in the area). The calling lasted for about 20 seconds before the bird went silent again. I didn't try to see the bird or call it in (no flashlight, and I didn't want to go crashing around disturbing it and everything else in the area). I think that the location of the calling was on the north side of the main pond in Sapsucker Woods, somewhere between the feeders along the pond and the the small bridge over the creek that flows out of the pond.
I haven't heard a Saw-whet (or any other owl for that matter) after dark in Sapsucker Woods so far this winter in spite of walking through the woods a number of evenings this year, so it was a nice first for me this calendar year. Wesley Hochachka -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
