[NatureNS] Which owl?

Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:25:02 -0400
From: Stephen Shaw <srshaw@DAL.CA>
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A couple of mornings ago I was rudely wakened around 6:20 AM (already light
then) by a loud 4-note motif coming from a tree somewhere outside, from what
sounded like an owl.  Over a few minutes, the call was repeated several times,
Huh-hoo, hoo-hoo.  The last 3 syllables were delivered at a similar low pitch,
while the first 'Huh' was pitched a little higher, but not by much.  The time
gap between 2 & 3 was longer than that between either 1 & 2, or 3 & 4. 
Couldn't
see the caller at all.

Looking in Sibley, this seems to be a best match to the call of a Barred Owl.
Does that sound like a correct guess?  Are they common? -- don't seem to hear
many owls here.
Steve
Halifax

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