. The Canadian field-naturalist. 2004 Priestley: Barred Owl in Alberta 217. Figure 1. Photo of a Barred Owl pausing before entering a typical nesting cavity (photo by Gordon Court). Results Of 320 reports of Barred Owls, 297 of these were entered into the BSOD database (23 records lacked information on date, location, and/or observer). The first record of a Barred Owl in Alberta was from a specimen collected in 1912, from the Calgary area, though this has been considered a mislabeled speci- men (Houston and McGowan 1999). The first live Barred Owl recorded in Alberta was one heard calling alon
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 2004 Priestley: Barred Owl in Alberta 217. Figure 1. Photo of a Barred Owl pausing before entering a typical nesting cavity (photo by Gordon Court). Results Of 320 reports of Barred Owls, 297 of these were entered into the BSOD database (23 records lacked information on date, location, and/or observer). The first record of a Barred Owl in Alberta was from a specimen collected in 1912, from the Calgary area, though this has been considered a mislabeled speci- men (Houston and McGowan 1999). The first live Barred Owl recorded in Alberta was one heard calling along the Athabasca River near Fort McMurray in 1934 (Preble 1941). Dead Owls Museum specimens, private collections, and dead owls turned in to Fish and Wildlife constituted 53 Barred Owl locations distributed throughout the prov- ince. The most southeasterly report was a dead owl turned in to Fish and Wildlife in February 1984 from Coronation (Boxall 1986). Morphological information collected on 26 owls shows that the majority were adults (24 of 26), 12 females, 10 males, 4 unknown sex. Boxall and Stepney (1982) reported an unusually high number of dead Barred Owls turned in to Fish and Wildlife during a short period of time (15 indi- viduals from 1982 to 1985). Banding, Literature and Personal Communications Barred Owls have been banded on 38 occasions in Alberta from 1966 to 1999 (CWS Banding Office) by thirteen banders (Table 1). There were 15 clutches of owls banded at nest sites, as well as nine adult females, eight adult males, and three adults of unknown sex. Only one Barred Owl was banded before 1987 ( percent). There were 42 reports of Barred Owls collected from publications (Preble 1941; Jones 1956; Jones 1966; Salt and Wilk 1958; Salt and Salt 1976; Francis and Lumbis 1959; Jones 1987; Sadler and Myers 1976; Boxall and Stepney 1982; Rintout and Myers 1983; Pintel et al. 1991; Takats 1995) and 63 records collect- ed from personal communications. Only 35 of these recor
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