Hi Alan,

Nice job getting the recording! The calls were also from Barred Owls, presumably juvenile birds. Here's a recording from the Xeno-Canto web site  (submitted by Paul Drive) with multiple calls attributed to a juvenile Barred Owl.


http://www.xeno-canto.org/69923


Good birding, 

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com



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> From: Alan Burnstine <>
>To:  
>Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 8:37 PM
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Nice visit with a Barred Owl, and a mystery sound
> 
>Yesterday, Laura and I went for an evening/night bike ride on the C&O from
>White's Ferry to Point of Rocks and back.  A couple of miles north of
>White's Ferry Laura spotted a Barred Owl sitting on a log just over the
>canal, about 15 feet away.  We had a good long look, then it silently
>lifted off to an overhanging limb where it stayed long enough for us to
>point out to a couple of other passing bikers before silently heading off
>into the forest.
>
>On the way home, well after dark, we heard (along with deafening loud
>frogs) a pair of "something" calling to each other from high in the tree
>tops.  We don't know if it was birds, mammals, amphibians, ghosts (j/k)...
>They would call back and forth several times, and then be silent for a
>minute or so and start again.
>
>I posted a short clip if anyone can identify what we heard we would be very
>grateful.
>
>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7873240/unknownCreature.mp3
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alan Burnstine
>Cloverly, MD
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