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Artificial Cavity Box Use By Eastern Screech Owl, Otus Asio, Lori A. Davis
Artificial Cavity Box Use By Eastern Screech Owl, Otus Asio, Lori A. Davis
Masters Theses
Screech owl use of 29 artificial cavity boxes placed in wooded habitat on a 14.6 hectare study area in east central Illinois was monitored from 1975 through 1993. A total of 28 screech owls were captured a total of 155 times. Two to 4 adults were usually present and 3 broods were reared in the boxes. The time between first and last capture of birds taken 4 or more times ranged from 270 to 2589 days (average 1740 days). Home range of 5 owls captured 8 to 17 times ranged from 0.45 to 6.0 ha. Cavity boxes were used more …