Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:31:08 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jim Stasz Subject: Re: Great Horned Owls in Odenton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks! When two Great Horned Owls are calling and you can hear two distinct pitches, it is a pair "duetting". The lower pitched bird is the male and the higher pitched is the female. I am not certain which Atlas Code to use "P", "T", or "C", but in any event you can list these as "Probable". Sometimes you will hear two males calling from different areas. Both will have the same low pitch. These should have the Atlas Code "X" and be listed as "Possible". Good Birding! Jim Jim Stasz North Beach MD jlstasz@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================