http://museumca.org/naturalsounds/innercoast/innercoast.html
Ok, last post now - must get some work done around here, lol, but this is what I hear!
Blessings.
Tatt
Both whatbird.com and owlpages confirm what I thought: it is the FEMALE hoots that are lower-pitched. But both sexes also vocalize in other ways too, such as grunts.
Thoroughly confused yet? Ha ha!