Field notes, v1470
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Marshall, 1938 27. Otus flammeolus Big Meadow, contin.August 15 very loud ,barking hoot not at all like the call of Otus. Its habits were different also. It would stop hooting when I would turn on the light, it called from the very topsof the tree. It would flush when I was still a long distance away, and would much later resume calling a long distance away.All together, it covered a terr. far larger than the normal sized one for O.F. Therefor, I conclude it to be some other sp., probably the Long-eared Owl. Only twoo notes were heard during the entre night,which could safely be ascribed to Otus flammeolys. In the terr. where the female was traced by her"accasional notes on July 10, two notes were heard which were identical with those heard on the 10th. They were given apparently in answer to my male hobts, but no amount of calling sti m the female to the pt. of calling a third time, and she wasnot seen at all. On the 16th, several hrs. were spent in looking into cavities in trees for nests, None were found. or roosting owls