This is Bird Note.

Does this owl seem to be saying, whose awake, me, too, listen again?

This nighttime hooter is the great horned owl, often heard during dark winter evenings

and pre-dawn mornings.

A pair of owls may call back and forth or overlap their hoots.

The male's call is slightly lower in pitch.

Can you pick it out?

Chiefly nocturnal, the large, 22-inch, great horned owl is difficult to see, but even

a good view won't show real horns, just two tough sub-fathers that stick up from the top

of the owl's head.

These creatures hunt for prey at night, and they have exceptional vision.

The bird perches quietly, its large yellow eyes, watching from mice, or other mammals, up

to the size of skunks.

Like other nocturnal owls, the flight and contour feathers are frayed at the ends and

very soft, allowing the owl to fly, hardly making a sound, to capture unsuspecting prey.

The only sound will here is the great horned owl's nighttime refrain.

Who's awake?

Me too.

For bird note, I'm Mary McCann.