| Title |
Great Horned Owls on Orcas Island Washington (110128) b |
| 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 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Orcas Island (Wash.); San Juan County (Wash.); Washington (State) |
| Creator |
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 |
2011-01-28 |
| Type |
Sound |
| Format |
video/mp4 |
| 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 |
| Description |
Great Horned Owl vocalizations |
| Photo Rights Management |
Photo copyright 2007, by dbaron; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Photo used by permission. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license |
| Note |
Local time: 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%. |
| Species Range (Southwestern States) |
http://www.westernsoundscape.org/maps/speciesExtent.php?species=177884 |
| Full Nature Serve Report |
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchSpeciesUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.770876 |
| Source File Recording Equipment |
Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH40 microphones in a stereo MS pattern to a Sound Devices 722 recorder; 48 kHz/24 bit sampling rate |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6qr59m9 |
| Setname |
uu_wss |
| ID |
1119639 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr59m9 |
