I agree, Northern Saw-whet Owl. The tempo between syllables is faster than
the Pygmy! Lucky you Louise!!!

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 7:52 AM J. Acker <owler at sounddsl.com> wrote:


> Hey Louise,

>

> That is the advertising call of a male Northern Saw-whet Owl! Nice

> recording! They are adept at avoiding Barred Owls. This guy is trying to

> solicit a mate. NSWO do breed in the Puget Sound area.

>

>

>

> -Jamie

>

>

>

> J. Acker

>

> owler at sounddsl.com

>

> Bainbridge Island, WA

>

>

>

> *From:* Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> *On Behalf

> Of *Louise Rutter

> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:42 AM

> *To:* tweeters at u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* [Tweeters] The Curious Case of the Sounds in the Night Time

>

>

>

> For the past few nights, we've been hearing someone tooting near our house

> in the night. It sounds more like a pygmy owl than anything else I can

> think of, but the toots come pretty fast. The neighbours have been hearing

> it too -; they actually sent me an email wondering if I knew what it was. My

> husband got a recording of it last night and it's online here:

>

>

>

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f_i0yhiB8U

>

>

>

> We live in north Kirkland between Finn Hill park and St Edwards state

> park, so we're surrounding by many acres of woods and clearings. We have a

> lot of barred owls in the area, and they're calling a lot currently, which

> I think would be a discouragement to smaller owls! Are any tweeters able to

> confirm an ID for us on our latest nocturnal visitor?

>

>

>

> Louise Rutter

>

> Kirkland

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