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Marshall, 1939
Otus flammeolus
Flag, June 2
He called sparingly
from a dense group of young
pines. I heard a higher
sharp single staccato note
several times near him.
Looked into a dense grove
of sapling pines (where I
had heard a twig rustle,
and saw an Of. sitting
on an horizontal twig in
the interior. It was
perched upright then it
would lean forward
and shake so vigorously
that it was almost a blur.
It picked at its foot with
its beak several times (
held the foot up to its
head as it stood on the
other). Finally flew out
of the clump, flicking
its wings on the twigs
again. Heard the ? no
more. The Of was not
hooting spontaneously
nor for any length of