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ML50052

Short-eared Owl (Northern) Asio flammeus flammeus

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Contributor

Brian McCaffery Media from this contributor

Date

May 1988

Location

Curlew Lake
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Song
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

Flight display, hoots, and wing-claps. Wing-claps can be heard 3, 20, 47, 75, 92 and 106 seconds into the cut; faint hoots can be heard 11, 64, and 83 seconds into the cut. Tundra swans are very vocal, especially during the latter half of the cut. Wilson's snipe can be heard as well. Sound of running water present throughout. Other Behaviors: Perform Visual Display, Wing Flaps.

Additional species

  • Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
  • Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata

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Archival information

Cataloged
8 Jan 2004 - Claudia Zan
Digitized
8 Jan 2004 - Claudia Zan

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