My mildly seasoned guess is Saw Whet.
C'est chouette.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 10:20 PM Roger Freeman <freemanbecard@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This evening, about 10 PM I was quietly playing a Western-screech Owl
recording. The owl that responded and made the attached recording came
from a distance and moved around in the nearby timber.
Doesn’t sound like any Western-screech Owl I’ve heard, but …. Anyone heard
something similar or have an ID?
Roger Freeman