Cogswell 1949 Bubo virginianus Aug. 23 10:10 p.m. Spanish Camp, 3100 ft. Humboldt Co., Calif. Call of ? heard several times from burned-over area SW of camp. Aug. 24 about 7:05 a.m., along the road just NE of camp, we alighted in the tree over me, jerking the branch so noisily that I looked up. But, not then knowing it was an owl, I seeing only a Steller's Jay (which had apparently followed the violin) I raised my gun to shoot it and the owl flew out & sailed off downhill thru the tall Douglas Firs. at dusk, with western sky still bright, we heard the typical call of the ? from the burned over area again. I went toward it & after some time finally saw the bird, perching on side branches of tall dead tree after another & making short flights between. The owl was obviously foraging over the tan oak - chinquapin brush, using its trees as convenient perches. It did not respond to my poor imitation of its notes. Aug. 24 at about 7:00 p.m. one (or 2?) male began calling from its burned over area down slopes to the SE of camp. Mullion & I attempted to approach it, but unsuccessfully. Later, as it was dark except for a glow in the west, I saw one fly from perch to perch in the dead trees of the burned over area SW of camp. It appeared to be foraging in its brushland by this method.