Acoustic monitoring unit

Photo By/Credit

Kevin Kelly/Peery Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Lab

Date Shot/Created

09/27/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

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An acoustic monitoring unit hangs on a tree in Lassen National Forest. These units record the sounds of the forest for about three months. Biologists hope to capture the hoot of a California spotted owl, but the units record the sounds of many animals. The recordings are analyzed back in a lab.

Facility

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Ecosystem

Forest

Species

Strix occidentalis occidentalis

Subject tags

Birds

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Monitoring

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