I'm new to this list, although I know a few of you already. I'm conducting=
a vocal study on the Great Horned Owl, looking to both document the comple=
te vocal repertoire of the species with behavioral context as well as look =
for regional and sex differences in territorial hoots. (It's not like I'll=
be done with this study anytime soon!!)
At any rate, I'm doing some recording myself of both captive and wild owls.=
..with heavy emphasis on my 9 year old human-imprinted captive female who b=
oth lives and works with me. (No joke--I'm around her more than I'm around=
my husband since she lives in our house and commutes to work with me at th=
e Houston Nature Center.) So I've heard just about everything she has to s=
ay in the 8 years we've been together (other than calls that would be assoc=
iated with eggs & young)...even hooting in her sleep. We are also on the t=
erritorial boundary of two wild pairs (who both know of my owl in the house=
), so I can just lean out of my bedroom window at 2 AM and record 4 wild ow=
ls some nights (plus one in the house when everyone's worked up.) I've bee=
n recording the owls since the fall of 2004.
Since there's no way on earth I'm going to be able to travel all over the r=
ange of the GHO to acquire recordings, I'm looking to get recordings from o=
thers who have recorded them. I've got Borror's and Texas' sound files, wi=
ll soon get Florida's, and will get Cornell's in due time (plus I've asked =
a few of you to provide files when you have time.) If any of you have Grea=
t Horned Owl sound files that you would be willing to share for research pu=
rposes (you will be acknowledged in my publications), ESPECIALLY if you hav=
e recordings from Central and South America, please let me know. I'm not a=
ffiliated with any university or state agency...this is all out of my own p=
ocket (other than a grant I got to purchase night vision to observe behavio=
ral contexts). I can manage small payments here and there for sound files =
if need be, but somehow working at a city-funded nature center in a town of=
1,000 people I'm not rolling in the dough!!
I'll leave it at that for now. I could go on about Great Horned Owl vocali=
zations for all eternity....
Karla
Karla Kinstler
19268 Perkins Valley Dr
Houston, MN 55943
http://owlstuff.com
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