Robin, the cricket-like trill call is typical of young boobooks. There's a good
example of the call on the Morcombe app, and I'm sure there are other examples
elsewhere
Cheers
Anthony
On 28/01/2013, at 3:12 PM, Robin Hide <> wrote:
> On two early (c. 9 pm) evenings in the last few days in Toms Crescent,
> Ainslie, two birds have been first heard (with repeated "chrring" calls over
> a longish period), and then briefly seen on power lines, and power poles, and
> flitting (hawking insects??) between them. The birds seem (the light was very
> poor and I had no flashlight) to be about the size of boobooks. However, the
> calls, to my ears, were unlike any owl or frogmouth calls that I've heard.
> Do they ring a bell to anyone - perhaps juvenile calls? (I was intrigued by
> Jenny Smits note re "trilling" of Barking Owls earlier today).
>
> I tried a snap photo but it is so poor it doesnt help - except to suggest a
> vaguely owlish shape?
>
> Robin Hide
> <21_1_13 Toms night query.jpg>
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