Barred Owl Guessing Game

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 Tonight, my bedroom windows are open. They often are if it is gorgeous outside which it has been today. This apartment building is very close to the building next to it to the South. That building is on a busy corner and both of these buildings are next to a very busy street on the west side. The two buildings are part of an older neighborhood with older houses and trees and there are hawks and owls around but between the 15-20 feet between these 2 buildings there are no trees only rocks.  However, Saturday night, for the first time ever at night with windows open,  I heard a Barred Owl call another Barred Owl. When I took Yoshi for a last walk before bed last night, it was dark but I looked around to see where the Owl could have been or, possibly, still was. When I heard it, it sounded clear and very close by. It was probably eyeballing Yoshi as we walked past the small alley. I couldn't see it but I am sure it could see me. Although a Barred Owl is too small, from what I have read, to carry off a 10 lb Chihuahua, it is still nerve-wracking to know a Bird of Prey is on a perch close by watching me with it's little dark eyes.

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