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Re: Great Horned Owls courting



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?

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  (   )        Mary Myers
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> 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
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