Something To Report

We finally heard our first spotted owl on Wednesday night. My workmate Cliff heard a female and started walking up the road to get a different vantage point. As he was walking, a male started calling about 20 meters off the road! Thursday we went back to do our follow-up and hiked a few miles around the area, but didn't have any luck.

Thursday night I heard my first barred owl. It was exciting to finally hear something distinct. While we don't do follow-ups on barred owls, and their presence usually means there won't be a spotted owl in the area since the barred owls are displacing spotteds, it at least means there is still suitable habitat for owl reproduction.

You can go to the following website to hear barred owl calls:

http://www.owlcam.com/soundlib/sound_lib.htm