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Marshall, 1940
59.
Otus flammeolus
Whitaker's Forest, 5500 ft., W slope Redwood Mt., Tulare Co., Calif. June 5, 1940
in open yellow pine grove by gulley with big boulders at terr. L. Hooted continuously tho softly even while the two spotted owls were barking. For spotted owl account see Strix occidentalis. After I collected a spotted owl I returned to the road at the south border of terr. O. Called an otus from O. to a large black oak at the roadside. Shot at it, but only got a couple of feathers. It was sitting on a high branch and in full view. Walked on up the road and called up a male in terr. R (a little south-east of same).
Walked back to camp via Meadows Flat, Sequoia Guard Station. Called up a male in terr. N, one ♀ in flat pine country ½ way between Meadows Flat and Meadow at the guard station. The last bird heard that evening was called up north of the guard station, about 100 yards north of terr. H.
From this account it can be seen that the owls are present in numbers comparable to those in 1938; that they are spaced in about the same way, but not necessarily in the same identical areas.