. The Canadian field-naturalist. 64 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 92. Figure 1. Movements of greater than 250 km, by 36 Great Horned Owls. Squares—place ofdirect reco\ery in same calendar year as banding (10). Triangles—place of recovery in first four months of succeeding year (14). Circles—place ot recovery of owls more than I year old (12). Note the consistent direction of travel. some of the southeasterly recoveries have been from sparsely settled districts. More probably the owls are following the aspen-grove and mixed-forest areas which slope to the southeast, perhaps aided somewhat
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 64 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 92. Figure 1. Movements of greater than 250 km, by 36 Great Horned Owls. Squares—place ofdirect reco\ery in same calendar year as banding (10). Triangles—place of recovery in first four months of succeeding year (14). Circles—place ot recovery of owls more than I year old (12). Note the consistent direction of travel. some of the southeasterly recoveries have been from sparsely settled districts. More probably the owls are following the aspen-grove and mixed-forest areas which slope to the southeast, perhaps aided somewhat by prevaiHng north- westerly winds. It is also the commonest direction to be followed by true migrant species leaving our province. Shorter movements were more random in direction, though here as well there is a slight. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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