[obol] Boreal Owl Song- Question 12/31/07?

[Alan Contreras]

I would believe ANYTHING of a Gray Jay.  Remember that Oregon's first
specimen came from the Fort Klamath area.  The owls could be at Crater Lake
rim or Diamond peak.  Who is looking?  March is probably the time to check.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON

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> From: Tim Rodenkirk <garbledmodwit at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:58:44 -0800 (PST)
> To: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Subject: [obol] Boreal Owl Song- Question 12/31/07?
> 
> Just back from a couple days of snowshoeing near
> Diamond Lake in Douglas Co.  My wife and I spent the
> past few nights at motel along the N. Umpqua River and
> drove up to the snow each day. On New Years eve we
> were slugging up the Mt. Thielsen trail (there was
> 12-16" of fresh powder and we were breaking trail,
> slow going!).  After about a 1/3 of a mile I stopped
> for a chickadee/kinglet flock when I suddenly heard a
> perfect Boreal Owl song.  As it was 10:30 in the
> morning on a beautiful blue, crisp morning I thought
> this a bit unusual.  There was a Gray Jay or two in
> the area, so I suspect they imitated the song although
> they were in the opposite direction from where I heard
> the song.  Has anyone ever heard a Gray Jay imitate a
> Boreal Owl song?  I know they can imitate pygmy-owls
> pretty well. It was an impressive imitation if that is
> what it was?  Makes you wonder where they learned the
> song if so??  We were in a mixed conifer stand
> dominated by mt. hemlock/lodgepole pine with scattered
> pacific silver fir, noble/shasta red fir, western
> white pine, and with even a few ponderosa pines, not
> exactly Boreal Owl habitat but hey, who knows?
> 
> Nothing other unusual to report; Mt. Thielsen looked
> like an ice sculpture, it was absolutely gorgeous up
> there!
> 
> Merry New Bird,
> Tim R
> Coos Bay
> 
> 
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