From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Oct 3 17:07:33 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h94043IC011153 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 17:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9402lZP011105 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 17:02:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 204.127.197.114 ([204.127.197.114]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2003100400024601300m4683e>; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 00:02:46 +0000 Received: from [12.234.165.24] by 204.127.197.114; Sat, 04 Oct 2003 00:02:42 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 00:02:42 +0000 Message-ID: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Sep 30 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: [SBB] Northern Saw-Whet was really a Northern Pygmy Owl... X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Hi! The Northern Saw-Whet Owl I reported on October 1, at Almaden Quicksilver County Park was really a Northern Pygmy Owl. Les Chibana was kind enough to point out that the Northern Saw-Whet Owl usually hangs out in conifers (this on was in Oak Woodland type trees) and he brought up timing of the "oops" it made. I checked in the "Guide to Owl Watching in North America" by Donald S. Heintzelman, which states that the voice is "a mellow, dove-like oooo uttered every couple of seconds". This is exactly what I heard. The description for the Northern Saw-Whet Owl is given as "an anvil-like tang-tang-tang-ing, a three-part skreigh-aw skreigh-aw, hew-hew-hew-hew whistles, and other notes including the famous "saw-filing" notes for which the owl is named" (I challenge those of you who've not heard this owl to reproduce these songs at the next party you attend!). I learned something new! Thanks Les, Jean _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]