{"id":185,"date":"2011-01-29T22:24:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T03:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outdooredguys.wordpress.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2011-01-29T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T03:24:10","slug":"owling-its-a-hoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/2011\/01\/29\/owling-its-a-hoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Owling – It’s a Hoot!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went for a cross-country ski at Laurel Creek on Thursday after work with my wife, son, and several GRCA employees.\u00a0 We finished up at about 6:00.\u00a0 People were climbing into their cars and I suggested that we try calling for owls.\u00a0 We went\u00a0out on to the bridge directly in front of the nature centre and called for a screech owl.\u00a0 On the first call, a great-horned owl called back.\u00a0 After a few more calls, a screech owl flew over us, landed in a tree that we couldn’t see, and proceeded to call back.\u00a0 It seemed fairly morose about the whole thing.\u00a0 For some reason its heart didn’t seem to be in the calls.\u00a0 You can hear a more determined screech owl call here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.owlpages.com\/sounds\/Megascops-asio-2.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

You can see pictures of screech owls here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.carolinabirdclub.org\/gallery\/strigiformes.html?s=easo<\/a><\/p>\n

The screech owl\u00a0called for about 5 minutes before deciding that the intruder had left.\u00a0 As we were walking back to the parking lot, someone saw the great-horned owl silouetted against the sky over a field.\u00a0 We got a pair of binoculars and watched it for about 10 minutes until it flew off.<\/p>\n

These owls would be within 300 metres of houses.\u00a0 People are usually amazed to find that owls live so close to us.\u00a0 A volunteer at Laurel Creek said recently that she had a great horned owl catching mice in her wood pile, and she lives in Forest Hill.\u00a0 Gotta make a living wherever you can I guess…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went for a cross-country ski at Laurel Creek on Thursday after work with my wife, son, and several GRCA employees.\u00a0 We finished up at about 6:00.\u00a0 People were climbing into their cars and I suggested that we try calling for owls.\u00a0 We went\u00a0out on to the bridge directly in front of the nature centre and […]<\/p>\n

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