I think I saw a pair of them around 1 AM, but I can't be sure. I couldn't tell at first, but when I got close enough and my depth perception came back, I realized they were huge! They could have eaten my cat (about 15 pounds) for dinner and had room for seconds. I got a flashlight for a better look and they were the right color, plus they had the telltale "horns" on their heads, but don't other owls have that? But what owls even come close to that size?
I've seen Great Horned Owls in captivity, but never heard their calls. These two were calling for over an hour, and one had a deep, booming voice while the other had a slightly higher one, but the calls were still similar. Think they were the same? I looked up recordings online. There was one with two owls, but I couldn't tell if the second one was a deeper voice or just further away.
I thought they were just migrating through, but these two were calling for an hour or more. Do owls have territorial calls like some wild mammals?
2007-11-30
13:26:07
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