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[randomdreams]

As I was leaving work, this Pretty Good Horned Owl buzzed me, and then settled into a tree. I'm sorry I don't have a better camera in the car.

Comments

[marahmarie]

Neat. I can't whistle (and will throttle the first person who says "It's easy. Just put your lips together and blow") so calling a hawk is beyond my capabilities (but we do have a few around here, too).

[randomdreams]

I'm not sure whether this is better or worse, but the hawk whistle isn't a lips-together whistle at all. It's done with my tongue jammed up against my teeth in a way similar to how a police whistle works, and makes a similar sound: very high pitched. This is how I first learned to whistle, and only learned the normal type many years later.

[marahmarie]

Huh, that's interesting. Though I can't do any of the whistles (except by accident, which has happened).

[darkoshi]

> This is how I first learned to whistle, and only learned the normal type many years later.

Me too, sort of. The way I whistled was with my tongue against my palate, not against my teeth. Or with my tongue curved in on itself. Nowadays I can still whistle a few different ways, but not very well with any of them.