Acoustic monitoring unit in burned area

A silver box about 6 inches wide hangs on the trunk of a burnt pine tree in a forest that has experienced wildfire. The box is a remote 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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Acoustic monitoring units are placed in forests that have experienced high-severity fire. The information gathered by these units in these locations helps biologists learn if owls are returning to the forests they once called home.

Facility

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Ecosystem

Forest

Species

Strix occidentalis occidentalis

Subject tags

Birds

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Forests

Monitoring

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