[birding] Bald Hill night life

[Joel Geier]

Hi Lisa & All,

I haven't been hearing Western Screech-Owls yet, but last night after
getting woken up by some playful house cats just after midnight, I went
out for some backyard owling and got an immediate "skee-eww" response
from a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL up on Tampico Ridge. It then started
singing and kept going off and on for about 20 minutes. I think if there
were any screech-owls around, they would have responded to the saw-whet
during that time.

Nice warm weather! It almost felt like a summer night out there with a
few PACIFIC CHORUS-FROGS croaking from various spots, though not a full
chorus like in summer.

After I went back to bed, I thought I heard a Barn Owl "hisschhtt!"
outside the window, but only one time.

Happy owling,
Joel

On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 21:47 -0800, Lisa Millbank wrote:
> We Has anyone heard Western Screech-owls calling so far this year?
> We're looking for a reliable, accessible spot near Corvallis to take a
> video.
>