ML456275411
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After I had spent maybe half a minute doing pygmy-owl imitations to try to bring in songbirds, this bird began to call. At first it gave a rapid series (maybe 4 notes per second, each series lasting 2-3 seconds), but it soon started giving the more typical 'toot' call. These calls were delivered about once every two seconds. I could isolate the bird's position high in the conifers by the flock of chickadees, nuthatches, etc. (plus agitated Violet-green Swallows in the air) and soon saw it fly about 15 m to another conifer where I could see it briefly -- a small round-headed brown owl. It then took a couple of other flights (looking remarkably shrike-like in flight with quick wingbeats alternating with brief glides) and ended up across the highway to the north, where it called for several more minutes from conifers but was not visible. I got some recordings of its calls on my cell phone but have no easy way to upload those files (which are not in standard .wav or .mp4 formats). [Many thanks to Lance Benner for converting the file for me.] When it was tooting for several minutes, it would often give two toots in fairly close succession (about 1 sec apart), and the second toot was very slightly higher in pitch. When I tried imitations it would often then switch to the rapid series.
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