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NAME- Eastern Screech Owl A.O.U.NO.- 373 



(Otus asio asio) ** 

 DATE- April 22, 1933 



NO . - 3 



INCUBATION- Ready to hatch 



SIZES- 1.39 x 1.19 1.39 x 1.20 

 1 # 3 7 3t 1 * 1 p 



SITUATION- This set of eggs was taken from a 

 hole in a Beech. The hole was a natural cavity 

 and had been used "by Flickers - The female owl 

 was on the nest and was of the red type. I was 

 gftrpjs ised to find only three eggs in the nest- 

 I had found the nets a week before when it 

 contained only three eggs, but I decided to 

 wait until a full set had "been laid "before 

 taking them. When I took the eggs I could hear 

 the embryos in them. The female did not stay 

 near the nest, but flew off as though ±2dc$±±:£ 

 indifferent as to the fate of her eggs. 



Big Stone Gap, Va. 



** (Otus asio) A.O.U. Checklist 1983 



