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Marshall, 1939
5.
Otus trichopsis
Patagonia, July 16
continued to call. I turned on
my light & stopped calling &
started to stalk the bird. It
moved to a very dense oak
30-yds from Woody & called. I
saw it sitting half-way up in the
tree & on an horiz. branch. good
clear yellow eyesine. I fired
& missed altogether. I called to
Woody & he said the bird was
still hooting. I saw it on the
same tree & about a yard
closer to the trunk than before.
thus. It still hooted steadily
& this time I collected it
at close range with .410. 3'667.
No more were heard all the
way back to camp. There were
many favorable nesting sites in
dead hollow oaks in the canyon,
but I located no nests.