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[philipayers AT yahoo.com (My friend Phil said,)]

Mike-
What you describe, perfectly, is congregating great horned owls.
I've witness this event for more than 10 straight years. These Owls
will come back to that exact spot every year probably. I once even got
out of bed and went outside at 3am to see if I could see them. And yes
I could...maybe five. I could see them in the tops of the trees. It
was actually kinda scarey because they are pretty large and the horns
give them a very distinct presents.
One question I have however? I'm in NJ and you being in NC...it seems
rather later for this to happen.
We get them in very early spring or even late winter. 
?Oh Well.. maybe it is monkeys after all?

mike AT mysterycircuits.com (Mike Walters) wrote in message 
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> 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?