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Re: Re: Flammulated owl ( at Murderers Creek)

Subject: Re: Re: Flammulated owl ( at Murderers Creek)
From: Kevin J. Colver <>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:51:35 -0700
Martyn,
Seattle sounds great too, maybe you can show me around sometime.
Kevin


On Thursday, June 30, 2005, at 07:34 PM, Martyn Stewart wrote:

> Thanks mucho!
>
> Like wise too, if you ever want to record birds coughing up here in
> Seattle,
> I will put you up :)
> Joking aside, if anyone needs B&B up this neck of the woods, I/we will
> put
> you up, I think Walt enjoyed it here after I had tied him up in piano
> wire!!!
>
> Utah is on the agenda Kevin, thanks a huge bunch :)
>
> Martyn
>
> Martyn Stewart
> Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
> http://www.naturesound.org
>
> N47.65543=A0=A0 W121.98428
> Redmond. Washington. USA
> Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
>
> 425-898-0462
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Kevin J. Colver
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:28 PM
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: Flammulated owl ( at Murderers
> Creek)
>
> Martyn,
> Two other details I should mention.=A0 The Douglas fir nest trees were
> both in mixed fir/aspen groves near some open meadows, not in dense fir
> stands.=A0 Both fir nest trees were very large and old, one was
> lightening killed, both had a Flicker nest the owls were using.=A0 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.=A0 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
> >
> > Martyn Stewart
> > Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
> > http://www.naturesound.org
> >
> > N47.65543=A0=A0 W121.98428
> > Redmond. Washington. USA
> > Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
> >
> > 425-898-0462
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 
> >  On Behalf Of Kevin J.
> Colver
> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:09 PM
> > To: 
> > Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: Flammulated owl ( at Murderers
> > Creek)
> >
> > 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=A0
> > 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
> > > >
> > > > N47.65543=A0=A0 W121.98428
> > > > Redmond. Washington. USA
> > > > Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
> > > >
> > > > 425-898-0462
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Microphones are not ears,
> > > Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > > A listening room is not nature."
> > > Klas Strandberg
> > >
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