The Athol Bird and Nature Club (ABNC) held the 54th annual Athol Circle Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This annual event is sponsored by the National Audubon Society and is designed to count all the species and individual birds participants can find in.
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A reed warbler warbling, and maybe unknowingly laying down the guest vocal for a new pop hit.
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Last fall, music producer and sound designer So Wylie pioneered what can only be called bird beat. The genre was born from her discovering the insistent call of the Saw-whet Owl, using that sound as the key sample in a pounding, immensely catchy instrumental, and posting the results on TikTok. A few months later, Wylie’s not only created a bunch of follow-up bird beats but she has also been embraced by communities of online birders eager to hear their avian pals feature on her releases.
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The month of March is the mating month for most of our owls in the area. During this period depending on where you live, you may hear courting owls calling to each other in the night. These include the Barred Owl, Horned Owl, and even the Long-eared Owl. One of the more vocal is the whistling call of the little Northern Saw-whet Owl. The sound is like a truck backing up, and by early March, you should hear these owls calling.
The Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadieus) is one of our smaller resident Owls. This seven-inch owl likes to frequent cedar swamps, forests, conifers and groves such as in the Hazeley Bay area.
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