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Re: Great Horned Owls courting
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: Great Horned Owls courting
- From: Norman Budnitz <nbudnitz@duke.edu>
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:17:04 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <199912021431.JAA04230@ashley.nations.net>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
At 09:29 AM 12/2/99 -0500, you 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
Female Great Horned Owls are larger than males and have a deeper voice. At
this time of year, if you hear two GHOWs, calling back and forth, one low,
one high, you are probably hearing a courting pair. The onset of cold
weather and short days (long nights) seems to get their juices flowing.
[My apologies to Alex, but the call he mentions in his note sounds to me
like a Barred Owl. I think they begin their breeding activities much later
in the winter or early spring.]
Norm
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