Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!pacbell!sactoh0!unify!magpie!grp From: grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Owls and this time of year Message-ID: Date: 7 Sep 90 09:21:06 GMT Sender: news@Unify.Com (news admin) Reply-To: grp@unify.com Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, California Lines: 18 I was talking to my brother in NJ this weekend, and he told me that the local screech owls were very vocal again. This reminded me that, for the past 4 or 5 years, I have noticed that the screech owls were always very vocal in the first couple weeks in September. Then, this week, I began hearing western screech owls and northern pygmy owl in my own yard, for the first time, and they can be heard almost every night. Now, assuming these species are truly non-migratory, and I am not getting an influx of new individuals, does anyone have any ideas why this might be? I've not seen any literature on the subject, and I am truly curious. BTW, I have not noticed this behavior in Great-horned owls, and my barn owls have been relatively silent lately. -- -Greg Pasquariello grp@unify.com