Field notes, v1470
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Marshall, 1939 54. Otus flammeolus Blue Mt., Wash. July 27 trees were larger, sparser farther apart, & where there were many yellow pines mingled with red fir. (Lodgepoles, spruce, larch, absent from this warmer & more exposed ridge. This was the second such locality visited that night, & here again, an owl was found. (10 mi. NE' Staywhole Spring, Columbia Co., ⚠ Wash.) It was called up - answered softly at 1st- at about 1 A.M.- actually the 28th. This bird called from a dense clump of very tall trees standing in the open on a rather steep hillside facing S. The bird perched low in these trees & always in toward the trunk. It called steadily, & in the usual fashion - also gave very gruff protest note when I approached it. Its note was similar to that of the ♂ at Grand Canyon. It often hooted while in flight, & would always start with clear hoots after arriving at a new perch. It moved for back & forth from the clump to one or the other of 2