RTP-area local music and culture

[Bis "sp�ter" <thebackyardbbq AT yahoo.com>]

Mike what you're hearing is definitely an owl.

And it's definitely *not* a screech owl.  They have
quite a distinctive, somewhat disturbing sound.

I think what you're hearing is the hoot owl:
http://www.ponddoc.com/WhatsUpDoc/Predators/MystiqueHootOwl.htm

also re:lore--
http://www.ramshornstudio.com/id266.htm

Depending, of course, on your level of superstition, I
would not recommend engaging it in conversation. 
Listening and contemplating otoh is fine.

E.

--- Mike Walters <mike AT mysterycircuits.com> wrote:
> Since the weather's warmed up, my wife and I have
> opened the windows.
> It's not quite AC weather yet. During the early
> sleeping hours, 3-4am
> or so, I've noticed a sound coming from the woods
> that starts off kind
> of like an owl "Hoo-Hoo", and then it evolves to a
> monkey sound
> "Aaah-Aaah-Aaah". The total sounds like
> "Hoo-Hoo-Hoo-Hoaah-Hwaah-Ahh-Ahh-Ahh". And then
> other owl-monkeys join
> in. I thought maybe it's deer, but people I've asked
> seem to think
> deer just grunt. I'm confused. I noticed it last
> year, but I wasn't
> sure if I was the only one who heard it. Does anyone
> know what animal
> this sound originates?
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> alt.music.chapel-hill --
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene



        
                
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