Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Marshall, 1939
Otus flammeolus
Village, South Rim Grand Canyon,
Ariz., Ariz.
July 18 1939
Left Public Camp at 12:30
A.M. No moon, calm, clear.
Walked east to open groves
of tall yellow pine on gentle
slopes on E. edge of village.
Heard or on N side of
highway. Traced to small,
dense yellow pine in clearing
of artemesia. Notes of normal
pitch, tempo, & variations.
Flew across clearing to dense
young pine on edge - called
again. I approached within
50 ft. & he changed to
rushing note - husky, much
lower pitch & with a distinct
added syllable: boot-opp foot-le
a minor 3rd - the last & 1st 2
syll. on same note. Located as
sat next trunk or living limb
25 ft. up. Quick eyeshine. Called
gleady with protest assent-note.
I heard from the other side
of clearing a series of high-