@gondwanalon My mom had a visit about 30 yrs ago from a Snowy Owl. When she called the museum to report it, they didn’t believe her…later the same week the bird made the newspaper. It’s also a rare sight here in south eastern Wisconsin ;)
She just couldn’t get over how brave he was. He didn’t flinch when she went to look at him very close up.
We have horned owls and screech owls that also seem to communicate at the same time of night. Like you, I have wondered if they are interacting with one another, or if it’s just a timely happening.
About 8 yrs ago we had an odd jet stream. During the “odd” trough (it dipped lower than normal) we had a Mountain Bluebird visit our yard. It was so windy, however, that by the time I thought to grab the camera, he was off in the wind.