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Male
1959
Arid flammew.
distraction display.
All 4 chicks in enclosure. When I
arrived they were distributed about the
periphery of the enclosure each about 90°
from his neighbors on both sides.
A short ear was seen chasing the
Perch-legs on Willow Creek. Made repeated
swops at hawk & both retired back
to their own territory.
July 27 Flushed a pair, smallest female in drainage
across One Mile Ridge, East of mine. O remained
flying & gave screeching call, female flushed
up & flew off. My O of owl nest 2 was
flying along ridge at this time. Probably
the territory boundary. (I presume it was the
O of pair 2, didn't follow him back)
July 28 O - growling or hooting or whatever in
area between Pomerane #2 & Baital Dough-
neer to slough. Same general area I have
always supposed a nest situated.
July 30 Found an owl chick on E slope of owl
ridge midway down through the band
of tamarack tundra that borders the ridge.
The owl was actually in the one strip of
sedge that runs down thru the tamarack, about
in middle of ridge. O owl was near
by & gave a weak distraction display. This
seems to prove the presence of a second