Hoos Missing?

For the past several weeks, my faithful canine and I have had regular interactions with a couple of owls in the park across the street.  Every evening, we hear two owls softly hoo-hoo-hoo at each other.  One has a very low tone and the other a much higher tone.

Now that most of our snow is gone, the faithful canine and I have been able to make our way on some deer paths along the edge of a wooded area.  Every morning, we "scare up" our owl friends.  When we get close to where they are pontificating from the top of a tree, they swoop down on us and make their way to another nearby tree.  These are not attacks, but efforts to let us know that our feathered friends are keeping their eyes on us.

For the past two mornings, we have not come across our friends.  The faithful canine and I will keep our ears open at night and our eyes open in the morning.