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When I first observed the bird fly across Hwy. 186 last Friday, Nov. 4 (at dusk, but too dark for photography), the bird flew across Hwy 186 from the north side of the road to the south side of the road. I can say with confidence that it was not a pauraque, as the size of the bird was different, and the flight was very different from that of a pauraque. Although it was too dark to see field marks, the bird flew like an owl and appeared to be a small owl. It flew into a small tree on the south side of Hwy. 187 and vocalized sporadically for a number of minutes. I observed the bird as it flew into the tree, but it was too dark to observe the bird during the time that it was vocalizing, although the vocalizations continued to come from the site to which the bird flew. Vehicles passed by periodically and made recording difficult. What vocalizations I heard appeared to be primarily monotone and consistent with the calls of the Ferruginous Pygmy-owl, although the monotone whistles were not as emphatic and regular as some of the recorded calls of the Ferruginous Pygmy-owl recordings I listened to on Xeno Canto and the call of the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl on the iBird Pro app. The exact location of the site was the coordinates of the eBird hotspot Sacahuistale Flats about 1/3 of a mile west of the bridge on Hwy. 186 s few miles west of Port Mansfield. I understand, according to eBird records, that the Ferruginous Pygmy-owl was photographed at Sacahuistale Flats last summer as well as at another location close to Raymondsville. I had visited the site at Sacahuistale Flats on 7-31-16 in the morning and on 8-28-16 just before daylight, but did not observe or hear anything similar to Ferruginous Pygmy-owls on those occasions.
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