[texbirds] Re: Mystery Owl? in Marfa on Sunday
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Tillman, Jane F" <mljt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 23:53:43 -0500
Dang sure do not want it to my Iphone, but on the Preserve, I/we have had
Western Screech Owls come right on in to Eastern playbacks....??
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Brush Freeman
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Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Tillman, Jane F <mljt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Had a great west Texas trip with TOS, and while picnicking in Marfa around
> 1:00 p.m. Sunday, in the Travis Self Memorial Park, heard a very odd sound
> which my husband and I finally traced to a large deciduous tree behind a
> home in the 200 block of East Oak Street (2 houses away from a car wash if
> you go looking for it). I believe the address was 209.
>
> It sounded very much like an Eastern Screech Owl, and vocalized frequently
> while we sat in the park and then continued when we went to track it down
> about 1:30. It responded to playback of an Eastern Screech Owl.
>
> It did not sound like the Elf Owl that vocalized in the Davis Mountains
> State Park the four nights we camped there, nor does it sound like the
> recordings that I am familiar with of Western Screech Owl. I can't explain
> why this bird was vocalizing so much in bright sunshine.
>
> I did make a few sound recordings on my iPhone 3 that I am still figuring
> out how to share-one captures part of a descending whinny, but if you are
> interested, I can send them to your cell phone. Maybe it is not an owl at
> all?
>
> Great highlights of west Texas in addition to the west Texas specialties
> we saw and heard: the Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the Davis Mountains State
> Park, the singing Swainson's Thrush in the riparian area below the State
> Park on the way to Ft. Davis, and another Swainson's Thrush singing at
> Balmorhea State Park today by the fruiting mulberry trees in front of the
> San Solomon Court.
>
> Jane Tillman
> Austin
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