Sure it’s snowing lightly this morning in Estabrook Park and even sticking to the grass and branches a bit, but the big news is that a Mr. Danny Fritz reported “2 GHO in the radio tower structure (WITI TV Tower) up pretty high singing a duet” last evening and even posted a recording for us.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology reports that “the male and female of a breeding pair may perform a duet of alternating calls, with the female’s voice recognizably higher in pitch than the male’s.” Can I get a “whoo-wh’HOO-whoo-whoo!”
I can’t say for sure that they are the same pair we’ve been seeing semi-regularly on the island in the river since mid-December, but we can hope, right? Speaking of which, they were on the same branch today for the first time that I have seen and closer together than I have ever seen them before. Perhaps song is one way into an owl’s heart.
As usual, one was very hidden, and here’s the one that was mostly out in the open and keeping an eye on things.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 