We are also more aware today of how males and females in some species pairs not only sing, but in some species such as the North American Barred Owls studied by Karan Odom, link parts of the song together. Like many bird species of the tropics, they share a two-part song and sing a duet with one bird completing a phrase sung by the other bird in the pair.
These areas continue to provide good birding through mid April, but locating birds on a given day may take some scouting in order to find the concentration areas.
Written by Gary Ivey PhD Photo of ‘Oak and Sara’ by Bob Steelquist Greater Sandhill Cranes begin returning to Malheur Refuge in mid-February. Some of the early arrivals are eager
In 2021, we partnered with the refuge and Harney Basin Wetlands Collaborative partners to pilot an effort using autonomous recording units (ARU) to expand monitoring efforts in the Harney Basin.
On a brisk and beautifully serene morning in late March, a Real Time Research biologist loaded survey gear in an airboat and was whisked away to Tern Island in the middle of Malheur Lake.
