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Marshall,1938
Otus flammeolus
Whitakers Forest
June 22 - outlined by facial disks.Wide-
eyed & alert expression from dominant features,
the large,brown eyes,large white tufts extending
up from cere.
Low-voiced male followed 75 yd.S. to cedar
where sat in axil limb, 10 ft. up. Was unusual
in that squatted on perch with feathers fluffed
out & wings relaxed. Obviously a re sting pose,
didn't look about for insect, remained quite
still,giving low, soft hoots involving only
slight body contraction.However, noticeable
feature of hooting was expansion of sides of
throat - feathers would part due to expansion
& show the apterium on each side of neck.
Both males of much less intensity of
voice than the full-voiced bird heard on 20th.
Meadows Flat, 5000 ft., W. Base Redwood Mt.,
Tulare Co., Calif/
June 27 Left camp before dawm on Morning coll-
ecting trip to Meadows Flat. Hooted for Otus
all the way & encountered the two whose terr. I
passed through, namely, the one 100 yd. W Sequoi
Ranger Station, and the one with the most uphill
terr. ab by the road S Meadows flat. (This is
the terr. just E of where male #431 was collect-
ed.) It was fairly light when reached thi s last
terr. and owl hooted only few min. but from the
same trees as where heard last time.
Whitakers Forest, 5500 ft., Le 10 mi. NE Badger
Tulare Co., Calif.
June 27 At dusk, at Terr. NW corner property,
attempted to call up the two pairs usually there
Got several very faint hoots in reply from male
up hill from road.Soon stopped. Later, a male
answered from gully near road, but gave only a
few rather faint hoots. Apparently the "hooting
season" is waning.
June 28 After dusk, tried to call up owls in
same terr.mentioned June 27. No response.