INTRODUCTION and Owl photographs
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INVITED SPEAKERS
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Official Opening Remarks: Manitoba Natural Resources
Merlin W. Shoesmith |
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Official Opening Remarks: Manitoba's
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
Brian C. Gillespie |
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Official Opening Remarks: Bird
Conservation in Canada
Michael S.W. Bradstreet |
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BANQUET SPEAKERS
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Remaining Choices
Katherine McKeever |
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Summary and Concluding Remarks
Richard J. Clark |
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SYMPOSIUM PAPERS
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The Hunting Behavior of Eastern Screech-owls (Otus asio)
Carlo M. Abbruzzese and Gary Ritchison |
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Albinism in the Great Gray Owl (Strix
nebulosa) and Other Owls
Pentti Alaja and Heimo Mikkola |
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Breeding Biology of the Barn Owl (Tyto
alba) in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia
Lorraine A. Andrusiak and K.M. Cheng |
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Dispersal Movements of Juvenile Mexican
Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) in New Mexico
David P. Arsenault, Angela Hodgson, and Peter B. Stacey |
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) and Long-eared Owl
(Asio otus) Mortality Along Motorways in Bourgogne-Champagne: Report and Suggestions
Hugues Baudvin |
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Corticosterone and Dispersal in Western
Screech-owls (Otus kennicottii)
James R. Belthoff and Alfred M. Dufty, Jr. |
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Food Habits of the Northern Spotted Owl
(Strix occidentalis caurina) at Six Nest Sites in Washington's East Cascades
Kenneth R. Bevis, Jo Ellen Richards, Gina M. King, and Eric E. Hanson |
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Autumn Migration of Northern Saw-whet
Owls (Aegolius acadicus) in the Middle Atlantic and Northeastern United States: What
Observations from 1995 Suggest
David F. Brinker, Katharine E. Duffy, David M. Whalen, Bryan D. Watts, and Kevin M.
Dodge |
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A Spatial Analysis of the Burrowing Owl
(Speotyto cunicularia) Population in Santa Clara County, California, Using a Geographic
Information System
Janis Taylor Buchanan |
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Modeling Critical Habitat for
Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus)
David A. Christie and Astrid M. van Woudenberg |
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Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia)
Survival in Prairie Canada
Kort M. Clayton and Josef K. Schmutz |
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Dispersal Behavior and Survival of
Juvenile Tawny Owls (Strix aluco) During the Low Point in a Vole Cycle
C.F. Coles and S.J. Petty |
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Seasonal Distribution of the Great Gray
Owl (Strix nebulosa) in Southwestern Alberta
Douglas M. Collister |
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Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia)
Monitoring and Management Activities in Manitoba, 1987-1996
Ken D. De Smet |
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Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius
acadicus) Captured at Cape May Point, NJ, 1980-1994: Comparison of Two Capture
Techniques
Katharine E. Duffy and Patrick E. Matheny |
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Habitat Associated with Barred Owl
(Strix varia) Locations in Southeastern Manitoba: A Review of a Habitat Model
James R. Duncan and Amy E. Kearns |
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You Are What You Eat: Stable Isotope
Ecology of Owl Diets in Alberta, Canada
Jason M. Duxbury and Geoffrey L. Holroyd |
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Sex-biased Dispersal of Young Western
Screech-owls (Otus kennicottii) in Southwestern Idaho
Ethan Ellsworth and James R. Belthoff |
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Comparative Study of General Public Owl
Knowledge in Costa Rica, Central America and Malawi, Africa
Paula L. Enriquez and Heimo Mikkola |
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Autumn Populations and Movements of
Migrant Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) at Little Suamico, Wisconsin
Tom C. Erdman, Tom O. Meyer, Jerry H. Smith, and Debra M. Erdman |
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The Influence of Broadcast Tape-recorded
Calls on Captures of Fall Migrant Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) and
Long-eared Owls (Asio otus)
David L. Evans |
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Monitoring Boreal Forest Owls in Ontario
Using Tape Playback Surveys with Volunteers
Charles M. Francis and Michael S. W. Bradstreet |
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Productivity and Home Range Characteristics in a Shortgrass Prairie
Rosemary A. Frank and R. Scott Lutz |
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Size, Dimorphism, and Related
Characteristics of Ciccaba Owls From Guatemala
Richard P. Gerhardt and Dawn McAnnis Gerhardt |
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Habitat Selection of Northern Saw-whet
Owls (Aegolius acadicus brooksi) on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia
Michael Gill and Richard J. Cannings |
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Matrix Population Models as a Tool in
Development of Habitat Models
Gregory D. Hayward and David B. McDonald |
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Testosterone, Aggression, and
Territoriality in Male Western Screech-owls (Otus kennicottii): Results from Preliminary
Experiments
Brian L. Herting and James R. Belthoff |
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A Sensitivity Analysis of a Map of
Habitat Quality for the California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) in
Southern California
Ellen M. Hines and Janet Franklin |
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Banding of Asio Owls in south-central
Saskatchewan
C. Stuart Houston |
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Black-flies and Leucocytozoon spp. as
Causes of Mortality in Juvenile Great Horned Owls in the Yukon, Canada
D. Bruce Hunter, Christoph Rohner, and Doug C. Currie |
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Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use
of Territorial Male Boreal Owls (Aegolius funereus) in Northeast Minnesota
William H. Lane, David E. Andersen, and Thomas H. Nicholls |
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Habitat Use and Movements of Breeding
Male Boreal Owls (Aegolius funereus) in Northeast Minnesota as Determined by Radio
Telemetry
William H. Lane, David E. Andersen, and Thomas H. Nicholls |
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Territories of Flammulated Owls (Otus
flammeolus): Is Occupancy a Measure of Habitat Quality?
Brian D. Linkhart and Richard T. Reynolds |
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Metapopulation Dynamics of a Burrowing
Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) Population in Colorado
R. Scott Lutz and David L. Plumpton |
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Is the Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius
acadicus) Nomadic?
Jeffrey S. Marks |
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A 20-year Study of Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Reproduction in Northern Utah
Carl D. Marti |
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Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus)
Breeding in Deciduous Forests
Carl D. Marti |
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Barred Owl (Strix varia) Nest Site
Characteristics in the Boreal Forest of Saskatchewan, Canada
Kurt M. Mazur, Paul C. James, and Shanna D. Frith |
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Population Densities of Northern
Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) in
Degraded Boreal Forests of the Southern Appalachians
Timothy C. Milling, Matthew P. Rowe, Bennie L. Cockerel, Timothy A. Dellinger, Johnny
B. Gailes, and Christopher E. Hill |
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Importance of Prairie Wetlands and Avian
Prey to Breeding Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) in Northwestern North Dakota
Robert K. Murphy |
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Mortality Causes in British Barn Owls
(Tyto alba), Based on 1,101 Carcasses Examined During 1963-1996
I. Newton, I. Wyllie, and L. Dale |
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Territorial and Nesting Behavior in
Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
Jerry Olsen and Susan Trost |
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Landscape Patterns Around Northern
Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) Nest Sites in Oregon's Central Coast Ranges
J.P. Perkins, J.A. Thrailkill, W.J. Ripple, and K.T. Hershey |
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Clutch Size Variation in Tawny Owls
(Strix aluco) from Adjacent Valley Systems: Can This be Used as a Surrogate to Investigate
Temporal and Spatial Variations in Vole Density?
Steve J. Petty and Billy L. Fawkes |
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Nest Sites and Reproductive Success of
Barred Owls (Strix varia) in Michigan
Sergej Postupalsky, Joseph M. Papp, and Lewis Scheller |
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Effectiveness of Broadcast Surveys in
Determining Habitat Use of Ferruginous Pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum) in Southern
Texas
Glenn A. Proudfoot, Jody L. Mays, Sam L. Beasom, and Ralph Bingham |
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Comparison of Food Habits of the
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) and the Western Screech-owl (Otus kennicottii)
in Southwestern Idaho Charlotte
(Charley) Rains |
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Non-territorial Floaters in Great Horned
Owls (Bubo virginianus)
Christoph Rohner |
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Monitoring Finnish Owls 1982Š1996:
Methods and Results
Pertti L. Saurola |
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Abundance and Population Characteristics
of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Olympic National Park, Washington
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Erran Seaman |
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Population Dynamics of Lanyu Scops Owls
(Otus elegans botelensis)
L.L. Severinghaus |
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Owls as Biomonitors of Environmental
Contamination
Steven R. Sheffield |
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Current Status, Distribution, and
Conservation of the Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) in Midwestern and Western North
America
Steven R. Sheffield |
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Male Eastern Screech-owl (Otus asio)
Roosting Behavior: Possible Effects from Nesting Stage and Nest Type
Thomas McK. Sproat |
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Auditory Surveys for Northern Saw-whet
Owls (Aegolius acadicus) in Southern Wisconsin 1986-1996
Ann B. Swengel and Scott R. Swengel |
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Owl Broadcast Surveys in the Foothills
Model Forest, Alberta, Canada
D. Lisa Takats and Geoffrey L. Holroyd |
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An Update of Demographic Estimates for
Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) from OregonÕs Central Coast Ranges
James A. Thrailkill, Robert G. Anthony, and E. Charles Meslow |
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Breeding Population of the Great Gray
Owl (Strix nebulosa) in Belarus: Summary of Recent Knowledge
Alexey K. Tishechkin, Wassilij W. Gritschik, Valery N. Vorobiov, and Gennady A.
Mindlin |
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Comparative Food Niche Analysis of Strix
Owls in Belarus
Alexey K. Tishechkin |
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Strategies for Protecting Western
Burrowing Owls (Speotyto cunicularia hypugaea) from Human Activities
Lynne A. Trulio |
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Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus)
Population and Habitat Inventory at its Northern Range Limit in the Southern Interior of
British Columbia
Astrid M. van Woudenberg and David A. Christie |
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Habitat Fragmentation and Burrowing Owls
(Speotyto cunicularia) in Saskatchewan
Robert G. Warnock and Paul C. James |
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The Effects of Predator Exclusion and
Food Supplementation on Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) Population Change in
Saskatchewan
Troy I. Wellicome, Geoffrey L. Holroyd, Karyn Scalise, and Earl R. Wiltse |
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Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) Breeding
Habitat Use Within Altered Forest Landscapes
Michael B. Whitfield and Maureen Gaffney |
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Conservation Implications of a
Multi-scale Study of Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus) Habitat Use in the Northern Rocky
Mountains, USA
Vita Wright, Sallie J. Hejl, and Richard L. Hutto |
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POSTER PAPERS AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS
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Winter Owl Surveying in Central Alberta
Barbara H. Beck and James A. Beck, Jr. |
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Increase in Distribution Records of Owl
Species in Manitoba Based on a Volunteer Nocturnal Survey Using Boreal Owl (Aegolius
funereus) and Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) Playback
James R. Duncan and Patricia A. Duncan |
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Intra- and Interspecific Calling in a
Tropical Owl Community
Paula L. Enriquez and J. Luis Rangel Salazar |
525 |
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Increasing Mist Net Captures of Migrant
Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) with an Audiolure
Thomas C. Erdman and David F. Brinker |
533 |
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A Method for Locating Barred Owl (Strix
varia) Nests in the Southern Boreal Forest of Saskatchewan
Shanna D. Frith, Kurt M. Mazur, and Paul C. James |
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Owls in the Moscow Region: the Results
of a 10-year Study
O.S. Grenchenko, S.V.Volkov, and T.V. Sviridova |
548 |
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Estimation of Food Consumption from
Pellets Cast by Captive Ural Owls (Strix uralensis)
Aki Higuchi and Manabu T. Abe |
551 |
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Wing Loading in 15 Species of North
American Owls
David H. Johnson |
553 |
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Preliminary Investigation of Vocal
Variation in the Mexican Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis lucida): Would Vocal Analysis of
the Four-note Location Call be a Useful Field Tool for Individual Identification?
Wendy A. Kuntz and Peter B. Stacey |
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Range Expansion of Northern Hawk Owls
(Surnia ulula) and Boreal Owls (Aegolius funereus) in Nova Scotia
Randy F. Lauff |
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Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
Reproduction in Relation to Lemming Population Cycles on Wrangel Island
Irina E. Menyushina |
572 |
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World Distribution of Owlaholics
Heimo Mikkola |
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The Importance of Old Growth Refugia in
the Yukon Boreal Forest to Cavity-nesting Owls
D.H. Mossop |
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Sex and Age Composition of Great Gray
Owls (Strix nebulosa), Winter 1995/1996
Robert W. Nero and Herbert W.R. Copland |
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Observations of Wintering Snowy Owls
(Nyctea scandiaca) at Logan Airport, East Boston, Massachusetts from 1981- 1997
Norman Smith |
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Using Tape Playback of the Staccato Song
to Document Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) Reproduction
Dale W. Stahlecker |
598 |
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Landscape Features and Characteristics
of Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) Nests in Fragmented Landscapes of Central Alberta
D.P. Stepnisky |
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WORKSHOPS
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Report on the Nocturnal Raptor
Monitoring Workshop
Geoffrey L. Holroyd and Lisa Takats |
610 |
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Report on the Western Burrowing Owl
(Speotyto cunicularia) Conservation Workshop
Geoffrey L. Holroyd and Troy I. Wellicome |
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The Role and Management Implications of
Modeling Owl Populations and the Habitats They Occupy
Amy E. Kearns |
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"Mission Possible: Owls in
Education"
Marcia J. Wilson |
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INDEX
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