Martyn,
Two other details I should mention. The Douglas fir nest trees were
both in mixed fir/aspen groves near some open meadows, not in dense fir
stands. Both fir nest trees were very large and old, one was
lightening killed, both had a Flicker nest the owls were using. Also
May and June seem the prime song time, they are winding down now.
My birds are in Payson canyon, south of Payson, UT and 8 and 19 miles
from my home. If any of you want to come for some free bed and
breakfast and recording with me some time let me know ahead and we'll
see if I can coordinate my work schedule to host you.
Kevin Colver
On Thursday, June 30, 2005, at 07:11 PM, Martyn Stewart wrote:
> Where is this location Kevin? I would like to keep my options open; I
> would
> think the canyons around Utah would be fairly quiet?
>
> Martyn
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> Martyn Stewart
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> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: Flammulated owl ( at Murderers
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> I found a couple of nest trees up my Utah canyon a few years ago.=A0
> Both=A0
> are in large Douglas fir with nest holes that are used each year.=A0 The=
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> birds sing very faintly, you can be right there with it and think it
> is=A0
> far away.=A0 They might wait through 10-15 minutes of silence before=A0
> responding to playback, especially as the playback most people use=A0
> probably sounds like an incredible Hulk owl to these quiet little=A0
> singers and they wait to resume singing until the big guy is gone.=A0=A0
> Patience, quiet, and luck are important with Flams.
>
> Once we found how to locate these birds we discovered they were fairly=A0
> common all along the mountain road where no one knew they existed=A0
> before.
>
> Kevin Colver
>
> On Thursday, June 30, 2005, at 06:47 PM, John Hartog wrote:
>
> > We stayed at Murderers Creek Work Center - the owl was about half a
> > mile up stream. I can get you the coordinates if you want them.
> >
> > Here is the URL for the cabin reservations and directions.
> > http://www.reserveusa.com/jsp/commonpage.jsp?goto=3D/nrrs/or/mcwc/
> > newindex.html
> >
> > Although I recorded about 20 minutes of the owl, I was dismayed to
> > find while reviewing the recordings when I got home, that at about
> one
> > minute into the recording (around 11pm) the cowboys down the road
> > fired up a generator to charge up their portable electric fence
> system.
> >
> >
> > --- In "Martyn Stewart"
> <>
> > wrote:
> > > Where did you record the Flammulated owl John? I have been looking=A0
> > for
> > > another one of those buggers for ever!! I recorded a faint one in
> the
> > > Klamath Mountains a few years ago but not to my standard, they are
> > fairly
> > > hard to get in my book..
> > >
> > > Martyn
> > >
> > > Martyn Stewart
> > > Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
> > > http://www.naturesound.org
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> > > N47.65543=A0=A0 W121.98428
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> > > Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
> > >
> > > 425-898-0462
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> >
> >
> >
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