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Re: Great Horned Owls courting
- To: mmyers@nations.net
- Subject: Re: Great Horned Owls courting
- From: Alex Netherton <danetherton@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 09:57:14 -0500
- CC: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Organization: Appalachian Naturalist
- References: <199912021431.JAA04230@ashley.nations.net>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Mary Myers wrote:
> We always have GHOwls calling in the fall and winter. How do you tell the
> male from the female call and how do you know that they are courting?
>
> \\ ~
> \\_(o>
> ( ) Mary Myers
> ^ ^ Charleston, SC
> mmyers@nations.net
>
> ----------
> > From: Donna S. Bailey <dsbailey@conterra.com>
> > To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
> > Subject: Great Horned Owls courting
> > Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 8:45 PM
> >
> >
> > I stepped outside just after full darkness tonight in hopes of hearing
> some
> > owls. I was rewarded for my efforts by the calling of a pair of Great
> > Horned Owls. The male was hooting regularly and was answered once by a
> more
> > distant female. Just before I came in, a Barred Owl sounded off.
> >
> > While it is probably just coincidence, every time that I have heard the
> > Great Horneds courting is in the midst of one of our infrequent cold
> snaps.
> > Does the falling thermometer make the testosterone rise for Great Horned
> Owls?
> >
> > Donna Bailey
> > Winnsboro, SC
> > e-mail: dsbailey@conterra.com
> > URL: http://www.conterra.com/dsbailey
> > "Where are the Birds? Migration across South Carolina"
> > URL: http://www.conterra.com/dsbailey/audubon
> > "Columbia Audubon Society"
> >
Mary and all;
I don't think they are actually courting, just maintaining the pair. The
male's call is much shorter than the female. His call is hoo-hoo hoo HOO uhh.
The female's is eight syllables long.
--
Alex Netherton
The Appalachian Naturalist
Asheville, NC
http://www.appalachian-naturalist.com
mailto:alex@appalachian-naturalist.com
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