19. Marsh all, 1938 Otus flammeolus Big Meadow contin. July 10 cyd. away. Sat halfway up tree (30 ft up) and close to the trunk on a side branch; hooted continually. Clear eyeshine - same color as flash. Was collected and put into formalin - male #496. Worn plumage. Feathers on top head as if from entering woodpecker hole. 30 min. later, one coll. as called from red fir- not hidden in branches but on open stub. Shot at long range - flew down to group young Red Firs. Another male called in high voic a few yd. to S. First was found 45 min. later sitting upright, feathers drawn down, ear tufts high and erect,on branch young red fir.Was caught and put alive into a box. Subsequent history of #494: Slightly wounded in one wing. Actions similar to Otus asio. Feingns injury when handled, tenses body and will not sit up when picked up, rolls over on side, closew eay, etc.When left alone, sits up normally, sn snaps bill, and runs off when approached. Next morning, of many water bugs & other insects,put in box (also a frog) alive & dead, ate one large kind of fly. Photos taken by Woodbridge Metcalf, Univ. of Calif. extension forester and Ed Smyth, assistant farm advisor, Santa Barbara Co. When held up in sunlight, closed eyelids to narrow crack , flew down to gnd., hopped with wings outstretched to shade behind treetrunk.Put on sunlit twig of lodgepole pine. Hopped in criss-cross steps up the twig to trunk, where sat upright against trunk, elongated & with feathers compressed; ear tufts straight up & long due to contrast with rest feathers on head which were compre ssed.Blended perfectly with bark. Lids open when in shade. Next morn. died, feather fluffed out, ears down. * * * * * * Silence from all owls for over hr. Hiked N camp 300 yd. in hopes of finding poorwills.Also