So Alan — be careful out there !
Larry
On Dec 24, 2019, at 6:08 PM, Alan Contreras
<acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I always do this when I do my pygmy imitations. I think they also do it when
interacting with another pygmy, which I saw and heard in the coast range once
just before they attacked each other and rolled in the dust for a moment, quite
a sight.
Alan Contreras
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Eugene, Oregon
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On Dec 24, 2019, at 6:06 PM, clearwater@xxxxxxxx<mailto:clearwater@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Darrel & all,
My personal observation is that Northern Pygmy-Owls most often make their
vibrato (screech-owl/boreal-owl-like) vocalizations while flying between
perches.
When I'm calling for pygmy-owls during CBCs in appropriate habitat, I throw in
one of those vibrato calls off and on, in between the more monotonous toots
that NOPOs make while stationary. Not sure I can really get inside an owl's
brain on this, but I think it gives the impression of a NOPO that's moving
between territorial perches.
Yesterday while hiking some upland areas for the Dallas CBC, I was doing this
when a non-vocal NOPO flew in.
Joel
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Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
