Mike et al.
In case you didn't get a straight answer, it's yes and no and maybe. In
Cape May we saw numbers increase in the fall into areas not known to hold
Barn Owls during the summer.
Here's the BNA account on migration:
Migration
Nature Of Migration In The Species
Extent of migration in th
Mike,
Found this link (http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v104n02/p0312-p0320.pdf)
on web some years back after I recorded a Barn Owl NFC early December over
my house in Gaithersburg, MD. Not sure how applicable it is to your locale
in TX. I have probably picked up 4-5 Barn Owls in as many years.
Mike,
Regarding your latter question: 004.23.07.wav does sound like an Upland
Sandpiper "pwip-pwip-pwip" NFC call to me. I recall being in Killeen, TX in
2001 (late March to early April) and hearing (recording) many night migrant
Upland Sandpiper NFCs one night (at the time, I didn't know what
