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    From jmcquown@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 23 00:47:10 2020
    It has been pleasantly cool here (70F) in Southern South Carolina for
    the last few days. I've had the windows open.

    During the day I'm *hearing* as well as seeing the hummingbirds, whose
    swiftly beating wings sound a lot like the sound of the light sabers
    from the movie 'Star Wars'. If you listen carefully you can also hear
    them make soft cheeping sounds as they come and go from the feeder.

    Ah, but at night... I'm hearing owls. I never get to see them and
    couldn't tell you what kind of owls they are. They are dove-like calls
    that are answered from distances... who who who.

    In prior years I've heard chuck will's widows. I've not heard any of
    those this year. :(

    It's great to be able to have the windows open and hear the night birds
    calling even if I don't get to see any of them.

    Jill

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  • From Ross@home.now@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 23 10:37:33 2020
    On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:47:10 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    It has been pleasantly cool here (70F) in Southern South Carolina for
    the last few days. I've had the windows open.

    During the day I'm *hearing* as well as seeing the hummingbirds, whose >swiftly beating wings sound a lot like the sound of the light sabers
    from the movie 'Star Wars'. If you listen carefully you can also hear
    them make soft cheeping sounds as they come and go from the feeder.

    Ah, but at night... I'm hearing owls. I never get to see them and
    couldn't tell you what kind of owls they are. They are dove-like calls
    that are answered from distances... who who who.

    In prior years I've heard chuck will's widows. I've not heard any of
    those this year. :(

    It's great to be able to have the windows open and hear the night birds >calling even if I don't get to see any of them.

    Jill

    Want to learn more about birds?
    Check this out:
    https://www.thayerbirding.com/
    Great program which is now free to everyone.

    Ross.

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  • From Laine@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Thu Apr 23 14:49:19 2020
    jmcquown wrote:

    Ah, but at night... I'm hearing owls. I never get to see them and
    couldn't tell you what kind of owls they are. They are dove-like calls
    that are answered from distances... who who who.

    The only owl I can think of in the eastern U.S. that actually hoots is
    the Great Horned Owl. The sound carries for quite a distance. If a
    pair is calling to one another, usually one set of calls will have a
    somewhat higher pitch than the other.

    Video/audio clip here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/sounds

    It's great to be able to have the windows open and hear the night birds calling even if I don't get to see any of them.

    Sounds good. It was below freezing here last night. Brrrr :)

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Laine on Thu Apr 23 15:24:18 2020
    On 4/23/2020 2:49 PM, Laine wrote:
    jmcquown wrote:

    Ah, but at night... I'm hearing owls. I never get to see them and
    couldn't tell you what kind of owls they are. They are dove-like calls
    that are answered from distances... who who who.

    The only owl I can think of in the eastern U.S. that actually hoots is
    the Great Horned Owl. The sound carries for quite a distance. If a
    pair is calling to one another, usually one set of calls will have a somewhat higher pitch than the other.

    Video/audio clip here:

    https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/sounds

    That sure sounds like what I heard. Thanks!

    It's great to be able to have the windows open and hear the night birds
    calling even if I don't get to see any of them.

    Sounds good. It was below freezing here last night. Brrrr :)

    I feel for you. I didn't even have to wear a coat this past winter.

    Jill

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  • From gexgeko@gmail.com@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Fri Apr 24 15:41:56 2020
    On Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 12:47:14 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
    It has been pleasantly cool here (70F) in Southern South Carolina for
    the last few days. I've had the windows open.

    During the day I'm *hearing* as well as seeing the hummingbirds, whose swiftly beating wings sound a lot like the sound of the light sabers
    from the movie 'Star Wars'. If you listen carefully you can also hear
    them make soft cheeping sounds as they come and go from the feeder.

    Ah, but at night... I'm hearing owls. I never get to see them and
    couldn't tell you what kind of owls they are. They are dove-like calls
    that are answered from distances... who who who.

    In prior years I've heard chuck will's widows. I've not heard any of
    those this year. :(

    It's great to be able to have the windows open and hear the night birds calling even if I don't get to see any of them.

    Jill

    Sounds like a Great Horned owl. I use Merlin Bird ID it's a free app https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 25 00:54:09 2020
    On 4/25/2020 12:16 AM, super70s wrote:
    On 2020-04-23 04:47:10 +0000, jmcquown said:

    During the day I'm *hearing* as well as seeing the hummingbirds, whose
    swiftly beating wings sound a lot like the sound of the light sabers from
    the movie 'Star Wars'.  If you listen carefully you can also hear them
    make soft cheeping sounds as they come and go from the feeder.

    I've had slow and steady use of my feeders but I've only actually caught
    a glimpse of one so far, certainly no feuding over territory. I usually
    see them more frequently as the season progresses and flowers become
    harder to find.

    I've seen a few aerial battles today. Windows still open, temps still
    quite nice. The cheeping sound they make gets more intense when there's another bird trying to get at the feeder. I guess it's a warning call.
    Doesn't matter if they're male or female, none of them is willing to
    share that feeder. There aren't a lot of plants with nectar around here
    right now.

    Jill in Southern South Carolina

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Fri Apr 24 23:16:27 2020
    On 2020-04-23 04:47:10 +0000, jmcquown said:

    During the day I'm *hearing* as well as seeing the hummingbirds, whose swiftly beating wings sound a lot like the sound of the light sabers from
    the movie 'Star Wars'. If you listen carefully you can also hear them
    make soft cheeping sounds as they come and go from the feeder.

    I've had slow and steady use of my feeders but I've only actually
    caught a glimpse of one so far, certainly no feuding over territory. I
    usually see them more frequently as the season progresses and flowers
    become harder to find.

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  • From Terry Coombs@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Sat Apr 25 07:02:00 2020
    On 4/24/2020 11:54 PM, jmcquown wrote:
    On 4/25/2020 12:16 AM, super70s wrote:
    On 2020-04-23 04:47:10 +0000, jmcquown said:

    During the day I'm *hearing* as well as seeing the hummingbirds, whose
    swiftly beating wings sound a lot like the sound of the light sabers
    from
    the movie 'Star Wars'.  If you listen carefully you can also hear them
    make soft cheeping sounds as they come and go from the feeder.

    I've had slow and steady use of my feeders but I've only actually
    caught a glimpse of one so far, certainly no feuding over territory.
    I usually see them more frequently as the season progresses and
    flowers become harder to find.

    I've seen a few aerial battles today.  Windows still open, temps still
    quite nice.  The cheeping sound they make gets more intense when
    there's another bird trying to get at the feeder.  I guess it's a
    warning call. Doesn't matter if they're male or female, none of them
    is willing to share that feeder.  There aren't a lot of plants with
    nectar around here right now.

    Jill in Southern South Carolina

      We see them fighting over the feeder on a daily basis . And yesterday
    just as it was getting dark I heard the first chuck-wills-widow calling
    out in the woods .

    --
    Snag
    Yes , I'm old
    and crochety - and armed .
    Get outta my woods !

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