Subject: Re: Owling
Date: Dec 8 09:13:43 1995
From: Brenda Senturia - senturia at scn.org


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>My guess from exeperinces up around Bellingham Wa. is that your response is
>going to vary with the type of owls you're looking for and techinque.
>
>The larger owls ( Great Horned, Barred) seem to start calling earlier around
>Januarary. While the smaller owls (Screech, Saw whet and Pygmy) seem to
>delay calling spontanouly....(cold medication is not helping the spelling
>today).... untill "later" spring up through june.
>
>There was a symposium on Northern Forest Owls, which has was put out by one
>of the governmental agenices (fish & wildlife perhabs) which should be at
>your local federal respository library which has further information on
>calling and responses.
>Fredri7997.aol.com
>Fredrick 360-671-8415
>
Thanks for your response. I would guess that GH owls are the best bet.
It's not a very large area. Actually, I'd like the information (we are
collecting data for the GAP analysis..,), but also want to generate
interest in 'my' community birders so they keep up with the monitoring.
Brenda Senturia
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