{"id":291,"date":"2015-01-09T18:28:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2015-01-09T18:37:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:37:50","slug":"eastern-screech-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/eastern-screech-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Screech Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eastern Screech Owl<\/strong> \u00a0(Code 2) \u00a01 Jan 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Area<\/strong>: Common resident and breeder in woodlots throughout Hunterdon County. \u00a0Christmas Bird Counts in the region (Upper Bucks, etc.) often get high counts for the nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yard<\/strong>: Uncommon, at least one bird presumably resident in the neighborhood, though infrequently heard. \u00a0I called up the bird at 12:42am on 1 Jan 2015 to start the backyard big year.<\/p>\n<p>The following calls (whinny followed by trill) were recorded with my OldBird 21c microphone at 1:09am on 9 Jan 2014.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-291-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/8-Jan-2015-4-27-34-ESOW.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/8-Jan-2015-4-27-34-ESOW.mp3\">http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/8-Jan-2015-4-27-34-ESOW.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ESOW-9-Jan-2015.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-293\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ESOW-9-Jan-2015.png?resize=500%2C131\" alt=\"ESOW 9 Jan 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ESOW-9-Jan-2015.png?w=934&amp;ssl=1 934w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ESOW-9-Jan-2015.png?resize=300%2C79&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ESOW-9-Jan-2015.png?resize=800%2C210&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a stronger recording a few seconds later&#8211;two whinnies before the trill.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-291-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ESOW-9-Jan-2015.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ESOW-9-Jan-2015.mp3\">http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ESOW-9-Jan-2015.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Screech Owl \u00a0(Code 2) \u00a01 Jan 2014 Area: Common resident and breeder in woodlots throughout Hunterdon County. \u00a0Christmas Bird Counts in the region (Upper Bucks, etc.) often get high counts for the nation. 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