I heard a Saw-whet sing briefly around 11am last May on Blumauer Hill near
Tenino, s. Thurston Co.
--Paul Hicks / phicks AT accessgrace.org
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Subject: RE: Owls in Olympia parks, Feb 23 and 25
From: heather tschaekofske <heathertxx AT hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:33:12 +0000

Jaime,
Unfortunately I was unable to find the bird, and you're right to question
the
id of a northern saw whet... they do sound quite similar to northern pygmy
owls. I have had some experience helping with saw whet owl banding stations,
and the call sounded remarkably similar to our playback cd's. Too bad its
not
as obvious as "who cooks for you". I'll try to head back to the park this
week,
and see if I can get a visual. Sorry for the repeat posting, I thought I
should
post it to the group too.


Heather Tschaekofske
Olympia, WA
heathertxx AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:12:25 -0800> Subject:
Re:
[Tweeters] Owls in Olympia parks, Feb 23 and 25> From: owler AT
sounddsl.com> To:
heathertxx AT hotmail.com> > Heather,> It would be unusual for a Northern
Saw-whet
owl to be calling this time of> year during the day. Did you see the bird or
is
it possible that what you> heard was a Northern Pygmy Owl?> -Jamie> > > > >
Tweeters,> >> > For those local to the Olympia area, I've had some nice
chance
owl> > encounters the last couple days walking at city parks. On Saturday,
I> >
heard a northern saw whet owl calling in the northernmost portion of> >
Priest
Point Park, at around noon. Today while walking at Watershed park,> > 2
Barred
owls were calling back and forth in the eastern section of the> > park, at
about 1:00. I don't usually hear these guys, it's more often> > that I'm
alerted by screaming jays and chickadees!> >> > Heather Tschaekofske> >
Olympia, WA> > heathertxx AT hotmail.com>