early morning mystery

["John Hartog" <>]

Both of these snippets are from a recording made last May at a lake 
in a patch of forest in the Coast Range of northwest Oregon. It was 
around 5am - twilight but still dark enough to need a flashlight to 
find the trail. It was very quiet then and so were these sounds.

This first one sounds like an osprey to me.
www.hevanet.com/rockscallop/040509_Mystery_a.mp3

This second and more distant sound began about three minutes later 
and continued at a steady pace for a good two minutes. Could it be a 
Northern Pigmy Owl? 
www.hevanet.com/rockscallop/040509_Mystery_b.mp3

Your help is greatly appreciated.
John Hartog






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