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[mike AT mysterycircuits.com (Mike Walters)]

An owl?? Who? Who?


thebackyardbbq AT yahoo.com (Bis später) wrote in message 
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> 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?
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> 
> 
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