ML612036005
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Media notes
Territorial hoot and staccato hoot.
Observation details
Two GHOs began hooting after the sun went down. One owl flew into the cellphone tree, then back to the eucalyptus grove. I traced the calls to a tree close to the lake, halfway between the boat docks and the Boardwalk. It sounded as if both owls were in the same tree. Instead of a simple duet between male and female, I heard two different calls, sometimes overlapping. Owl #1 made the classic territorial hoot. Owl #2 made what sounded like the staccato hoot. The following description of the staccato hoot is from a research article that I found on the International Owl Center website: “Staccato Hoot. This hoot is given when excited, usually when birds of a mated pair are together, and may often precede copulation. It is a rapid series of brief and evenly spaced individual notes that often leads into a Territorial Hoot. It may consist of as few as three notes up to 15 or more notes. This vocalization is given by adults of both sexes, and is delivered in a forward leaning posture. As with Territorial Hoots, it is most often given in fall and winter.” [Karla A. Kinstler, ARDEA 97(4), 2009.]
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