From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Mar 24 13:03:08 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2OL0PAr008358 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:00:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from napa.hamilton.com (napa.hamilton.com [192.207.15.8]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2OKxFpJ008317 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:59:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from napa.hamilton.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by napa.hamilton.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2OKxGEl029683 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:59:16 -0800 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by napa.hamilton.com (8.12.10/8.12.5/Submit) id i2OKxG8X029680 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:59:16 -0800 Received: from nrtspc.hamilton.com (nrtspc.hamilton.com [192.207.15.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by napa.hamilton.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2OKx8Eo029668; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:59:09 -0800 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:59:06 -0800 To: [[email protected]] Subject: Re: [SBB] Barn Owl over SCVAS Headquarters Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: Nancy Teater <[[email protected]]> Cc: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 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]] Since you asked... Google answers (nearly) all. Nancy Teater --------------------- http://www.alaweb.com/~kenwood/saba/articles/barn%20owl.htm Q: Does the Barn Owl hoot like other owls? A: No, not usually. The most common vocalization is called the "Territorial" call which consists of a screech of about 2 seconds duration. In all, their are 17 different recognized Barn Owl vocalizations, but only about 5 are discernable by most people. Another common call is a "Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrip" which resembles a womans shriek. At the nest site, the young offer the "Food Begging" call which is a drawn-out hiss that sounds very close to that of a Coleman Lantern (the gas sound). Bill snapping is also heard when the birds are disturbed at the nest. They also make a wide variety of chirps, chips, peeps, and snores while in the field or at the nest site. Very rarely a Barn Owl will make a quiet hoot, unlike the booming hoot of the Great Horned Owl. Speaking of BAOW, I was looking for the SCVAS monthly meeting last Wednesday night at the wrong place -- P.A. Baylands. But it was an auspicious mistake, for as I saw the gate and "closed" sign at the entrance to the duck pond road, a barn owl flew down from its perch and sat on a fence post close by. Shortly after that, it dived into nearby grass, but came up without the mousie. I've read that BAOW don't stray much from their nightly hunting spots, so if you staked out that place chances are good you'd see it again. There are lights nearby illuminating the P.A. airfield, so I got a good look even though it was around 8:00 p.m. First BAOW I've seen in awhile -- a real treat. Nancy Teater ----------------------- At 03:08 AM 3/23/2004 -0500, [[email protected]] wrote: >While leaving McClellan Ranch Monday night at 9:30 PM we heard a Barn Owl >flying over head. We heard several raspy calls as the bird flew over >although we >never saw the owl. In addition to the "normal" screech of a Barn Owl we also >heard "clicking". This clicking, which came out of the dark sky, was quite >persistent and appeared to also be coming from the owl. I had never had the >pleasure to hear this. > >Can someone confirm with me if this is part of the Barn Owl's repertoire? Is >this a spring time vocalization? > >Thanks, >Lisa >_______________________________________________ >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/nrt%40hamilton.com > >This email sent to [[email protected]] -- Nancy R. Teater, Hamilton Communications [[email protected]] phone 650 321 0252 fax 650 327 4660 _______________________________________________ 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]]