Monday, June 18, 2018

Boreal Owl Survey in the Colorado State Forest

June 13-15, 2018

Richard Stevens:

June 13-14

Terry Michaels joined me and we inspected eighty owl boxes in the next three days.  Only one box was used by a Boreal Owl (6/14).  It was box #3 along the North Fork of the Canadian River.  This required a 1.5 mile hike to reach the box.  Eventually we hiked six miles round trip to cover this section of boxes.

June 15

We stopped to inspect the Aspen Grove at Jackson County Road 41 & Ruby Jewell Road.  An American Three-toed Woodpecker and a pair of Red-naped Sapsuckers were encountered.  Later on a return trip we heard a Boreal Owl about 1/2 mile up Ruby Jewell Road and a Flammulated Owl about 3/4 mile from the intersection.

Other roads and boxes did not turn up additional owls.  Two boxes were used by American Kestrels and one by a Squirrel

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