Date:         Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:39:38 EDT
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From:         Vicki DeLoach <VLDELOACH@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Screech owls
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We were awakened at 4 a.m. by what sounded like the soft fluttering ringing
of a phone.  Screech owl!  I hit the light, hopeful that he'd be sitting in a
nearby tree looking back at me.  But he wasn't, as usual.  However, I
suddenly saw wings as he flew from one tree to another, then back (did he nab
one of my songbirds?).  Later we took a pre-dawn walk and heard another (or
same) screech owl in the distance doing the familiar whinny.

I may have posted before that we always hear screech or great horned owls
this time of year - during hummingbird "season" (Aug-Sept).  When I first
noticed it years ago I was afraid they were after my hummers.  It's probably
coincidence, but I don't know why they become vocal in late summer.  The only
other predictable time to hear them is of course in winter when the GH owls
are calling.

Vicki & Harry DeLoach
NE Cobb

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