Boreal owl with red-backed vole.
I have been continuing to keep track of the little boreal owl in Slana. Its calling is falling off. I no longer hear it in the daylight hours though my friend still reports hearing it during trips to the outhouse late at night. Less calling means it is much harder to locate but I am still finding it in the thick dark woods by searching an area of about one hundred yards by two hundred yards. This small area seems to be its preferred daytime roosting area. Slowly walk back and forth through the spruce and poplar forest and scanning every tree I find it about 30 percent of the time. Once I was guided to its location by the calling of a couple upset boreal chickadees. It is never in the same perch. Continue reading
