got in from west texas very late last night, well after 1 am...when I pulled up at my house in town, I heard the elf owl from my neighbors mesquite lot, I have heard a bird there before a couple of years back, cool to hear it again. This bird was not successful in getting out the whole "laughing" cadence each time it vocalized, only every so often did it get the whole phrase. I was imaging it a juvenile but never saw it in the mesquite brush...Does anyone know if the males make that laughing vocal all summer and is there any diagnostic differences in the call of the juvi male? Tripp Davenport Uvalde Texas Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner