Field notes, v1470
Page 341
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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.