Last night three siblings took to the road to listen for owls near the town of Pierz. It was April 1st and the weather was unseasonably warm. The sky was mostly clear and as the night wore on more and more stars appeared. The wind was non-existent which would have made for good owl listening if there were any owls talking. Another thing that the lack of wind was good for was fires. Bon fires, ditch fires, field fires, prescribed burns - there were a lot of big a$$ fires going up there in Morrison County last night. So, we didn't hear any owls but we did hear a woodcock peenting, Canadian geese honking, sand hill cranes bugling, boreal chorus frogs chorusing, cows mooing, dogs barking, radios playing, farm machinery, and even a few bugs buzzing by. At one point I thought I heard a hoot of an owl but maybe that was just wishful listening because the sound wasn't repeated. We'll try again next year.
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