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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