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Marshall, 1941
Otus flammeolus
Jun 13 4 mi N & 2 mi W Sisters, 4000 ft., Deschutes Co., Ore.
same cricket - like inserts noted
in the other owls taken on this
trip. About 100 yds farther S
another ? was called up high
in dense trees & couldn't see -
didn't call very long at a time
From one tree called several
times about every 3-4 minutes.
I heard him several times
close to me in the dense young
fir clumps - he was apparently
foraging. Finally saw him on lower
branch of a taller fir & was
shot by Dr. Miller. Had just
one moth in stomach.
Both these owls in rather open
pine & fir forest with lots of
clumps of young firs below.
Good evidence that they forage in
these firs. These 2 separated
by quite a distance from the 3 noted
darn't night - this all apparently
good country - perhaps just in
little groups every hour or two
thin timber - But wind blowing
so may have missed some to the
sides away from the road.