Karla,
I have some GHOW recordings that you may be interested in. Im working on a
masters thesis at Humboldt State University in California. I am conducting a
similar project to yours, except I am studying the vocalizations of Great
Gray Owls. While searching for these owls I often encounter Great Horned
Owls. I have recordings of about 6 of them, including males, females and
juveniles. These recordings are from Central California. If you are
interested in them let me know how to send them to you. I would probably
have to make a cd and send it to you in the mail because they are all
digital wave files and too large to send as an email attachment. Also,
please let me know if you have any success in finding GHOW recordings from
this forum, or by other means. I too would like to collect more vocal
samples from other places but haven't gotten around to it. If you find some
good sources could you please send me some contact info so I can see if they
have any great gray owl recordings as well.
Thanks a lot, Cameron Rognan
>From: "Ken & Karla Kinstler" <>
>Reply-To:
>To: "Nature Recordists" <>
>Subject: [Nature Recordists] Great Horned Owl recordings
>Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:04:40 -0500
>
>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
>complete 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 both 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 the Houston Nature Center.) So I've heard just about everything she has
>to say in the 8 years we've been together (other than calls that would be
>associated with eggs & young)...even hooting in her sleep. We are also on
>the territorial 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 owls some nights (plus one in the house when everyone's worked up.)
>I've been 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
>range of the GHO to acquire recordings, I'm looking to get recordings from
>others who have recorded them. I've got Borror's and Texas' sound files,
>will 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 Great Horned Owl sound files that you would be willing to share for
>research purposes (you will be acknowledged in my publications), ESPECIALLY
>if you have recordings from Central and South America, please let me know.
>I'm not affiliated with any university or state agency...this is all out of
>my own pocket (other than a grant I got to purchase night vision to observe
>behavioral 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
>vocalizations for all eternity....
>
>Karla
>Karla Kinstler
>19268 Perkins Valley Dr
>Houston, MN 55943
>http://owlstuff.com
>Alice News: http://owlstuff.com/aliceweblog.html
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