Little Surprise Visitor
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Killerbunny
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Little Surprise Visitor
Thought we were going crazy last couple of days because something seemed to be in the kestrel nest box. It wasn't a kestrel but an Eastern Screech Owl! The hole is 4" X 3" for reference. Very exciting. Seems unafraid.
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Killerbunny
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Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Insects and rodents mostly. They are very small birds about 8". Your girls are all in by dusk!
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Ontario Chick
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Re: Little Surprise Visitor
That is so cool, hope they have babies there, did it "hoot" or possibly "screech "?
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Killerbunny
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Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Definitely a weird noise. We hear them all summer at night and wondered what it was. Now we know.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eas ... Owl/sounds
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eas ... Owl/sounds
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
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Ontario Chick
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Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Well, doesn't that beat all, never heard that one, ever.
sounds a bit like horse neighing , I would remember that.
The one I hear very often is I think a Barn owl, which sounds a bit like a dog bark.
sounds a bit like horse neighing , I would remember that.
The one I hear very often is I think a Barn owl, which sounds a bit like a dog bark.
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Killerbunny
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Re: Little Surprise Visitor
It is called the "whinny" call also.
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Those calls had my cats looking around!
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Retired dairy shepherd and cheesemaker and former keeper of a menagerie of chickens and Pencilled Turkeys, now owned by three cats and a border collie x Australian shepherd who keeps me fit and on my toes!
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
How exciting to have one in your kesterel box! My dogs thought the calls were very interesting :).
People sometimes get Screech Owls in their open mailboxes here in the south. Can you imagine reaching in for a flyer and getting a peck on the hand?
Linda
People sometimes get Screech Owls in their open mailboxes here in the south. Can you imagine reaching in for a flyer and getting a peck on the hand?
Linda
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