Methods and materials for capturing and monitoring flammulated owls

Authors

Richard T. Reynolds, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado
Brian D. Linkhart, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Abstract

Techniques for locating, capturing, and monitoring activities and movements of Flammulated Owls were developed during four years of study. Adults responded to imitated territorial song throughout the nesting season. Nests were found by noting vocalizations and behaviors associated with courtship-feeding and food transfers between the sexes. After fledging, broods were difficult to follow, unless the young or adults were radio-tagged. Adults and young were captured with noose poles, hoop nets, and mist nets. Backpack harnesses and tail-mounted transmitters were used on adults and backpacks on fledglings. Transmitter life was 30–40 nights.

Recommended Citation

Reynolds, Richard T. and Linkhart, Brian D. (1984) "Methods and materials for capturing and monitoring flammulated owls," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 44: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol44/iss1/3