ML137339

Media notes

Number of individuals=NUc1;. Habitat: Tundra, Arctic Tundra. Additional notes provided by Philip Taylor - 25 November 2023 1) the vocalization was made by an adult female Snowy Owl when she was sitting on her nest, that contained several young owlets and several unhatched eggs. She called to her mate, apparently soliciting him, as he approached carrying a lemming in his beak. When he arrived at the nest, he dropped the lemming, and left almost immediately. 2) the female SNOW that made these calls, and was recorded, is pictured in figures 4 & 14 in the paper: Taylor, Philip S. 1973. Breeding behavior of the Snowy Owl. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, The Living Bird (Twelfth Annual): 137-154. 3) the location where the recording was made is: the National Museum of Canada’s High Arctic Research Station, Bathurst Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands Group, now in Nunavut, Canada. 4) the recording was made my me, with the assistance of Stuart D. MacDonald, Curator of Vertebrate Ethology, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; and the cooperation of William Gunn. Both gentlemen are now deceased.