Screech Owl? It has a loud cry, as well as the standard sounds given in birdbooks.

Or maybe a mammal of some kind, as they are out and about at night.

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA
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From: dbarber71 at comcast.net
> We are vacationing at Kelowna, BC, staying on the west side of the lake at Lake
> Okanagan Resort, rather rural for a resort.
>
> So far, the only special sightings have been the CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD that comes
> to our deck, and the BLUE GROUSE we caught a glimpse of at the side of the road,
> and the OSPREY doing its diving thing into the water at the golf course. Others
> we don't see at home in Vancouver, WA are YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, MAGPIE,
> BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, and CALIFORNIA QUAIL.
>
> The really unusual event was the loud screeching we heard last night several
> times after dark. Screech is the best word to describe the sound. Like something
> used in danger although that did not seem to be the cause. Each screech lasted
> about 1/2 second at 15 second intervals. I timed the space counting 1-1000,
> 2-1000, etc enough to be confident in that spacing of screeches. We heard this
> three different times between 10:30 and 12:30 when we finally gave up the ghost
> and went to bed.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> David Barber
> at Kelowna BC
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