Friday, June 21, 2013

Boreal Owl Survey in the Colorado State Forest

June 13-16, 2013

Rebecca Kosten: transcript of telephone calls:

Richard Stevens and Bryan Ehlmann continued to conduct their Boreal Owl Survey in the Colorado State Forest, Jackson County.

Over six nights they covered/hiked (about eight hours each night), over 37 miles.

They eventually found sixteen Boreal Owls and three Flammulated Owls!

The highlight was one of the Boreal Owls is attempting to use a nest box.

Downside: because of recent Mountain Pine Beetle kill of many trees, their 157 nesting boxes have been reduced by 15 percent.

On 6/15, while "resting" they searched several hours for the Yellow eyed Junco reported at the Campgrounds just inside the entrance to the Colorado State Forest.  It was not found.

Other birds encountered Swainson's Thrushes (rare here), Hermit Thrushes, Spotted Towhees, Wilson's Warblers, Wilson's Snipes (watch out as they sound somewhat like a Boreal Owl), Red-naped Sapsuckers, Williamson's Sapsucker and American Three-toed Woodpeckers.

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