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Credit: Megan Buers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/02d0ea22-d19b-42cd-a6c9-be0aec8f7e65/IMG_3289.jpg Blog - Vargas Island Research Experience - Make it stand out A close up of a Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii kennicottii) in hand. Credit: Megan Buers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/3e723716-0b37-46e4-a326-bb0f9e528201/IMG_6730.jpg Blog - Vargas Island Research Experience - Make it stand out Me holding a very grouchy looking Pippin. Credit: Megan Buers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/af07506d-a3d3-41e0-b053-be8527af4aa0/Screenshot+2025-07-09+141923.png Blog - Vargas Island Research Experience - Make it stand out Aerial view of Vargas Island, British Columbia. Its habitats include old-growth low productivity mixed forests, bogs and fens, and saline estuaries. Forest composed of primarily western redcedar, Douglas fir, and western hemlock. Credit: Google Earth. https://www.pacificmegascops.org/blog/owls-in-arizona-delving-into-screech-owl-microclimates monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/9e706761-b84c-4ae3-88b1-6f172d51e809/Picture1.jpg Blog - Owls in Arizona – Delving into Screech Owl Microclimates - Make it stand out Kassandra Townsend holding a Northern Saw-whet owl she banded as part of Hawkwatch International's Following Forest Owl project. The first NSWO banded in Arizona in twenty years! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/8d96d35b-22f0-4c70-af94-ded9d4a6c3a7/Picture1.jpg Blog - Owls in Arizona – Delving into Screech Owl Microclimates - Make it stand out Overlooking Cave Creek canyon above the tree canopy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/175a15c2-f98f-4de6-969d-2fc03ba48e5e/Picture1.jpg Blog - Owls in Arizona – Delving into Screech Owl Microclimates - Make it stand out Cave Creek canyon with an oak/juniper mix woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/dd7227f0-53f3-4775-b115-8b9aa64d4e36/Picture1.jpg Blog - Owls in Arizona – Delving into Screech Owl Microclimates - Make it stand out Western Screech owl in an Arizona Sycamore tree cavity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/72428862-472b-494e-9fd8-8ea2ae2a9ace/Picture1.jpg Blog - Owls in Arizona – Delving into Screech Owl Microclimates - Make it stand out Coronado National Forest. Lupine in the foreground and Ponderosa Pine in the background at a higher elevation site https://www.pacificmegascops.org/blog/night-wings-and-water-discovering-the-aquatic-habits-of-western-screech-owls monthly 0.5 2024-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/ca52a86d-b1d4-4efb-acc3-9fe2c74e6edf/Screen+Shot+2024-08-29+at+9.50.13+AM.png Blog - Night wings and water: Discovering the aquatic habits of Western Screech-Owls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pacificmegascops.org/blog/a-season-of-screech-the-life-of-a-western-screech-owl-technician monthly 0.5 2023-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/0797ed5f-3a31-46b5-9a44-dff2de8a22a8/5.jpg Blog - A Season of Screech – The Life of a Western Screech-Owl Technician - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/60524c81-7025-4a60-b8e4-2ef8f3404523/8.jpg Blog - A Season of Screech – The Life of a Western Screech-Owl Technician - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/bf8374ae-d057-45f0-90bd-cd1c6f2c4ac6/Picture1.png Blog - A Season of Screech – The Life of a Western Screech-Owl Technician - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/3d83ba4a-a494-41fa-a2d2-cebd0e2277c4/3.jpg Blog - A Season of Screech – The Life of a Western Screech-Owl Technician - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/0a48ad9e-2e2d-4a15-a649-05acf139bef1/4.jpg Blog - A Season of Screech – The Life of a Western Screech-Owl Technician - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/e98d0a06-cbdf-42b5-8019-b1116a1fd921/6.jpg Blog - A Season of Screech – The Life of a Western Screech-Owl Technician - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/1fc7b7c8-16cb-4498-91f1-9fc50fa6bf54/2.jpg Blog - A Season of Screech – The Life of a Western Screech-Owl Technician - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pacificmegascops.org/blog/port-renfrew-screeches-a-san-juan-song monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/1647979465879-HXGEFMG8ULL8WDLXXRGA/IMG_0907.JPG Blog - Port Renfrew Screeches; a San Juan Song - Make it stand out Wolf prints down the shore of the San Juan River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/dbee7ad5-9b7d-4d63-8885-dfcd42236af0/IMG_7453.jpeg Blog - Port Renfrew Screeches; a San Juan Song - Make it stand out A creek running under a Western Redcedar in some wonderful screech habitat along the san juan ridge transect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/19f449e9-9ccb-4f48-8260-17ce1248ef5f/original.jpg Blog - Port Renfrew Screeches; a San Juan Song - Make it stand out https://inaturalist.ca/observations/96339580 https://www.pacificmegascops.org/blog/spring-showers-bring-screech-owls-part-2 monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/4526f58d-f714-4d34-ba16-5b8271438a77/IMG_8206.JPEG Blog - Spring Showers bring… Screech-Owls? (Part 2) - Make it stand out This Caddisfly Garden was packed with little Limnephilid Screech snacks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/d3b02e4a-401f-4995-9caf-b9c3809e66cb/IMG_8139.jpeg Blog - Spring Showers bring… Screech-Owls? (Part 2) - Make it stand out The vibrant blue of Northwestern Salamander eggs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/048d75bc-5e72-4c43-9390-32e80fb31db9/IMG_8283.JPG Blog - Spring Showers bring… Screech-Owls? (Part 2) - Make it stand out Our first screech-owl to respond to playback this year (Photo: Ian Thomas) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/7320c06d-228a-4ee3-bcf4-f8a85b61f48c/IMG_7902.JPEG Blog - Spring Showers bring… Screech-Owls? (Part 2) - Make it stand out A hemlock and fir grove held in an oxbow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/e924deb4-8284-4301-9b7d-7f4dd438e781/IMG_8081.jpeg Blog - Spring Showers bring… Screech-Owls? (Part 2) - Make it stand out The beginning of our surveys on a misty hillside in Tsitika https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/cd7d353a-1af8-47af-b2d5-17e27fa5bf86/Screenshot+2022-03-17+103749.jpg Blog - Spring Showers bring… Screech-Owls? (Part 2) - Make it stand out Lower Tsitika Provincial Park and Robson Bight make up one of the lesser known ecological treasures on Vancouver Island https://www.pacificmegascops.org/blog/spring-showers-bring-screech-owls monthly 0.5 2022-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/3da74bff-3fcd-4e05-8676-8833b9a4ce4b/IMG_7909.JPEG Blog - Spring showers bring… screech-owls? (Part 1) - Make it stand out Early spring along an old growth river is something to behold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/54348f19-118e-4e21-9a41-d8d0a70897b6/IMG_7881.JPEG Blog - Spring showers bring… screech-owls? (Part 1) - Make it stand out Red-backed Salamander in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park https://www.pacificmegascops.org/blog/bogowls monthly 0.5 2022-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/4400f7f0-6cb3-4cc0-b956-4f710b45e3d7/DSC_0506.JPG Blog - The Bog Owl Hypothesis - Make it stand out The first ‘Bog Owl’ I ever saw. (Photo: Jeremiah Kennedy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/1d50cc15-d120-4ec1-9acd-b6fced6f369d/IMG_1454.JPEG Blog - The Bog Owl Hypothesis - Make it stand out The first PMRA point count https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/3e355b56-53b9-439a-b7c7-1a38f285a8fd/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_19989.jpg Blog - The Bog Owl Hypothesis - Make it stand out Looking Southeast from Triquet Island. (Photo: Jeremiah Kennedy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/de9bf42d-0882-4977-a6fe-4d0fa50a4595/IMG_5354.JPG Blog - The Bog Owl Hypothesis - Make it stand out A view of Denny Island bog, a habitat where we found almost all of our screech-owls (Photo: Jeremiah Kennedy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/38a48a6f-1722-4c8e-b9a0-43861e52eb13/Nalu.JPG Blog - The Bog Owl Hypothesis - Make it stand out Nalu, a place where Cal taught me how to fish for Halibut and where he’s convinced I’ll find more owls (Photo: Cal Humchitt) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/c37b0ed0-26ea-42d8-8040-c4b92c6fb1d1/IMG-6665.jpg Blog - The Bog Owl Hypothesis Owly aboard Petrushka. 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We are currently using these Long Duration False Colour Spectrograms as part of our Rapid Visual Scanning technique to study Species At Risk and nocturnal owls in coastal BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/c54aad14-f170-4a44-a23b-173097d79be0/IMG_0154.JPG Home - Our Organization Find out about our mission, methods, and the work we do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/ce4e12b2-b6da-4c5d-8efc-9902a9280d46/IMG_0083.jpg Home - Take Part We are looking for owl surveyors across BC. You can volunteer from wherever you are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/19f449e9-9ccb-4f48-8260-17ce1248ef5f/https%3A%2F%2Finaturalist.ca%2Fobservations%2F96339580 Home - Can Owls Sink Carbon? The Vancouver Island University Lecture Series hosted one of our presentations this spring. Here we delve into Western Screech-Owl and other wildlife in BC and how they relate to old growth conservation and, therefore, climate change. https://www.pacificmegascops.org/volunteer daily 0.75 2024-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/8865988c-7185-4a14-abdb-718e13d339c8/IMG_0012.JPG Volunteer - Make it stand out A Northern Saw-whet Owl pellet boasting a tasty Townsend’s Vole. Photo: Jeremiah Kennedy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/162d47e5-40cf-479a-8fe8-1a6d50036fa1/IMG_4357.JPEG Volunteer - Make it stand out Finding other nocturnal wildlife, like this Long-toed Salamander, is a fun way to speculate on what screech-owls could be eating. 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If you want to learn more about the status of any of these, you can click on the image on the right. In order to study acoustically active species at risk, we propose a set of recording standards that can be used to study many birds, terrestrial mammals, amphibians and insects. The settings are as follows… Record for 3 minutes of every 15 minute period (3 on, 12 off) from 1.5 hours before sunset until 1.5 hours after sunrise. Set your sampling rate to anywhere between 24 and 41 KHz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba959fe82e6165578f25ce/2708b038-0507-452f-b195-338dd6f06437/IMG-7282.jpg ARU Methods - Open Source ARUs An AudioMoth from Open Acoustic Devices is our preferred technology. 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