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Remsen,
J.V.
1975
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Feb.15 Monterey area, Monterey Co., Calif.: 1 h.o. at Carmel R. x Robinson Cyn. Rd at about 0530. Two more were seen in the redwoods farther up in the canyon; their actions (alarm calls, flying around and around us) indicated that they may have had a nest their. One of the calls was a low, muffled, squeaky "fwich-fwich-fwich..."
Feb.27 2535 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.: 1 h.o. in evening.
May 3 Two Buttes Dam, Prowers Co., Colo.: 1 h.o. 0130 screeching in canyon above the dam.
Sep.30 Pt. Reyes, Marin Co., Calif.: 1 Mendoza Ranch
Oct.1 Pt. Reyes: 1 Fish Docks
Oct.18 Princeton Harbor, San Mateo Co., Calif.: 1 in dense willows at n. end of harbor
Nov.2 Monterey area, Monterey Co., Calif.: 1 flushed from rocky cavern in hillside in Robinson Canyon - adjacent to road on right (driving up) beyond most of redwoods on step near steep-banked overlook of chaparral on left. (and more rocks)