Well Tweets, my possible Saw-whet turned out to be a Barred owl. What a disappointment! Thanks to Josh Adams for sending me a Barred recording that sounded almost exactly like my mystery bird. After hearing Barred owls in my backyard for 20 plus years I thought I knew all of their vocalizations. Nope! The education never ends… and that's a good thing. My Saw-whet quest continues.

Happy birding,
Kellie Sagen