Sounds

I just collected all the data for the 4 MOMP routes conducted by Unity College students. I will post the complex data here as I find a convenient way to load into this software. The quick summary is 4 owls on Albion 21-4-A, 10 owls on Clinton 21-4-B, 13 owls on 22-3-A Knox, and 9 owls on 14-1-B Montville for a total of 36 owls on the 40 sites. Northern saw whet, long-eared, barred, and great horned owls were tallied.

News filtered back to me that a week ago this morning our cell phone calls to Media Lab were recorded on the Owl Project webpage. We called according to Dale's instructions, but we did not appreciate that our calls were connected to the MIT server. Dale was able to listen to Julius's commentary and to hear the taped playback of portions of the barred and great-horned owl calls played at Koons Hall, Unity College. I remain uncertain that other calls made during the morning connected to the MIT server due to poor cell reception along the survey route.

The survey for the Montville route was completed April 6th. We heard a total of nine owls, which was fewer than past years. We did, however, have a Barred Owl land on a tree above us. We watched him for several minutes before he flew off and began calling to two other Barreds in the area.

Yesterday, I looked into the heavens, being a bird lover and asked that I have a sighting of a wonderful, special bird - a bird that I have never seen before. At 5:58pm, as I pulled into my driveway, there, just 12feet from my car sat a barred owl, perched on the very edge of my sturdy, old picnic table. What a spectacular sight!