As I type at 9:30 PM in our little cabin deep in the Massachusets woods, I hear the two very distinctive calls of the Barred Owl. This guy woke me up from a very sound sleep last at around 2:30 AM. His call was very loud and very demanding - I thought I had to hop right out of bed and go feed him! I've never heard a Barred Owl call before and had no idea what type of owl was hooting last night. But I looked him up first thing this morning and there is absolutely no other owl that has these two calls - and the linked sound file confirms it. My favorite was the second call - a giant HOOOOOOO-HAH (which is not included in the linked sound file) Whatta guy!
So my question is this - can I count him on my life list even if I didn't see him? I made an absolutely dead-on id based on call but never saw him. I can't remember the rules on life lists...
5:38:51 PM 
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