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[Raincrow <raincrow@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had what must have been a short-eared owl calling about 70 feet up in
my woods last night around 1 a.m.!  My cats are old hands around barred,
great-horned, and screech owls -- all regulars in this 'hood -- but they
hit the top rail of the deck like a precision drill team, eyes and ears
nervously riveted on the woods when this stranger began calling. I saw
the bird fly briefly in bright moonlight, and my impression was of pale
underwing and side, expected size range for short-eared as best I could
tell. It (he?) didn't have the broad vocal repertoire or rich, chesty
timbre of a barred owl, but certainly had some respectable hoo-hoo-hoos
and a couple of barks, one that fooled me for an instant into thinking
that a small dog had wandered onto my property, and a lower-pitched one
reminding me of a tiny buck snorting in the woods, in repeats of 3-5.

If this doesn't sound like a short-eared owl to you, please let me know
what you think it might be. Thanks.

Liz Singley
Kingston TN

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