[Birdtalk] RE: [Birdnet] Calls

[Eric Huish]

Pygmy Owls are easy to imitate.  I always just pucker my lips and whistle.  Listen to a recording so you know what they sound like. Getting birds to respond generally only works in pygmy owl habitat.  If you are down in the valley a western screech-owl call may work best.  Don't overly harass the birds, especially in the breeding season.

 

Here is a link to a pygmy owl recording - http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/wss&CISOPTR=485&CISOBOX=1&REC

Eric Huish 
Pleasant Grove UT 
poorwill_ at hotmail.com 


 
> From: jeff.holt7 at gmail.com
> To: Birdnet at utahbirds.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:04:51 -0500
> CC: 
> Subject: [Birdnet] Calls
> 
> Bryan just mentioned calling (an owl?) and getting birds to come 
> investigate. How does one go about doing this? Are these recordings? 
> On a boombox? On what medium/machine? I would love to try recorded 
> calls. I know they do that in the cloudforests of Ecuador for all 
> kinds of species, but I think they use cassette recordings on old 
> playback machines.
> 
> What do you use?
> 
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