Fellow birders please help?

KBoater · 07-13-2006, 06:20 PM

if you want to see your cat attack a laptop play the ravin calls.

Zee · 08-21-2006, 09:35 AM

I think the birds in question may be a barred owl. We live in a wooded section of Tuftonboro and were startled the other night by a night-long hissing/rasping call of two birds. At 2AM, curiousity got the better of me and I searched the wood margin (from my rear slider) with a flashlight.

Two barred owls popped into view. Upon further daylight research on the internet, many web-sites describe very varied vocalizations including screaming, coacking, rasping, wheezing, etc. We always assume they only make the usual "Who cooks for me" sound. Since the week before we had a bear on our front porch at 4:30 AM , seeing just owls was a great relief.

07-13-2006, 06:20 PM	#1
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08-21-2006, 09:35 AM	#2
Zee Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Union Wharf, Tuftonboro Posts: 173 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post	Mystery maybe solved I think the birds in question may be a barred owl. We live in a wooded section of Tuftonboro and were startled the other night by a night-long hissing/rasping call of two birds. At 2AM, curiousity got the better of me and I searched the wood margin (from my rear slider) with a flashlight. Two barred owls popped into view. Upon further daylight research on the internet, many web-sites describe very varied vocalizations including screaming, coacking, rasping, wheezing, etc. We always assume they only make the usual "Who cooks for me" sound. Since the week before we had a bear on our front porch at 4:30 AM , seeing just owls was a great relief.