Rich,
Check this out!
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3D853143&page=3D1
Gerald White Muscatine, IA
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> > I am calling the owls in by imitating their calls. They are
reacting
> > to me as an intruder in their territory, or as a nearby
territorial
> > owl. It's part of an experiment I'm conducting to compare barred
owl
> > responsiveness to barred owl calls vs. spotted owl calls. It's a
> > small slice of the huge research effort ongoing for spotted owls.
> >
> > I'm keeping track of how long it takes them to respond, what
calls
> > they use, the duration of their response, etc. If I record it, I
> > don't have to madly try to write everything down.
> >
>
> Doesn't someone else here see a problem in using playback of an
> endangered species sound to a competitor species that has been
> identified causing a hybrid problem.
>
> These owls are already being over surveyed by too many groups with
the
> use of playback and are already being over banded by the use of
> playback. Is there one oldgrowth area anywhere where these owls
are
> being left alone? Can't get my support to teach more barred owls
that
> the spotted owl calls are a usual sound. Can't get my support to
ever
> use playback on an endangered species for the purpose of advocating
> continued clearcut of forrests. This sure looks like way to much
of a
> risk of ending up with a pile more "Barred X Spotted" Owls.
>
> Rich
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