Theres an owl sitting in the tree outside my window...

[Treize69]

Could have told me that BEFORE I went to blackpowder training this morning....

Maybe its a bad sign for my date tonight.

[Simaril]

That is usually the sign of imminent death.

But only if there's been a hoot-owl howling by your window now....For six nights in a rowwww......She's coming for me, I know......
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go.....calling Wiiiiillllldfirrrre....



I now return you to your regularly scheduled decade

[gusman]

But only if there's been a hoot-owl howling by your window now....For six nights in a rowwww......She's coming for me, I know......
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go.....calling Wiiiiillllldfirrrre....



I now return you to your regularly scheduled decade

 

[oakranger]

Oh, no doubt. But the quiet "Hooo... hooo... hoooHOOOO... hoooo" all night is getting kinda bizarre.

Sounds like a Great Horn Owl.  Breading season should be done for them.   

[Rollins]

Breading season should be done for them.   

Good point. Layer the flavors.  How do you season your breading?  Salt, pepper, paprika maybe?  And to that, panko or regular crumbs?

[mtnman]

Sounds like a Great Horn Owl.  Breading season should be done for them.   

The chicks here in Wisconsin are still down-covered, with just a few real feathers coming through.

[oakranger]

Could have told me that BEFORE I went to blackpowder training this morning....

Maybe its a bad sign for my date tonight.

NY may have a state law that you can not shot raptars and owls.

[mtnman]

NY may have a state law that you can not shot raptars and owls.

Regardless of what the state says, it's a federal violation, and a violation of international law.  However, that hasn't always been true.  Until roughly 1970 or 1971 the government would pay a bounty for shot raptors.

[crazyivan]

Hooters gone wild!   get the video cam out Treize.

[allaire]

I don't really mind the soft hoots.  Now if you want to know what will scare the pants off you at night try a screech owl.  Was camping once looking for a nice place for a cat hole around 2100 or 2200.  Found a likely spot and started digging.  Then I heard the worst noise I have ever heard out in the woods almost didn't need the cat hole. 

[druski85]

"Nice set of Hooters you've got there!"
"Excuse me?"
"The owls, they're beutiful."

 

[oakranger]

I don't really mind the soft hoots.  Now if you want to know what will scare the pants off you at night try a screech owl.  Was camping once looking for a nice place for a cat hole around 2100 or 2200.  Found a likely spot and started digging.  Then I heard the worst noise I have ever heard out in the woods almost didn't need the cat hole. 

What you heard was a barn owl.  a screech owl, or in your case from your location, eastern screech owl have a low whinny with husky sound or close to a whinnying horse.  You could barley hear it.   

Here is what a barn owl sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58_8S5-tkoU

[Treize69]

Mine was a Horned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0jVgldCwAk&NR=1

[oakranger]

Mine was a Horned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0jVgldCwAk&NR=1

 , the most common owl. 

[Treize69]

Yeah, I usually hear them in the Adirondacks, not in Rome. To hear them in the City is a bit unusual.