Great Horned Owls on Orcas Island Washington (110128)
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Common Name
Great Horned Owl
Scientific Name
Bubo virginianus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Strigiformes
Family
Strigidae
Genus
Bubo
Subject
Birds; Places; Nature sounds; Ambient sounds
Place Names
Orcas Island (Wash.); San Juan County (Wash.); Washington (State)
Creator of Media Recording
Rice, Jeff
Media Rights Management
Audio file copyright 2011, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, http://westernsoundscape.org. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
Contributors
San Juan County Land Bank; Kim Middleton
Date.Original
2011-01-28
Resource Type
sound
Format
audio/wav
Digitization Specifications
Compressed from .wav format into .mp4 delivery format
Contributing Institution
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
Local time: approximately 2:10 AM; Elevation: 50 feet; Recorded in dense fog at the base of a large dead tree amidst thick forest.; A Great Horned Owl nest was at top of tree in a hollow section, and at least one owl was observed at the tree; Recorded numerous types of nearby vocalizations from at least two or several owls; Temperature at 6:30 PM at this location on 1/27/11 was 49 degrees Fahrenheit with wind speed of 0 mph, humidity 83%; Fog lifted in the morning, but skies still mostly cloudy with high humidity. Temperature at 8:40 AM on 1/28/11 was 46 degrees Fahrenheit, winds were 0-1 mph, humidity was 63%.
