Acoustic monitoring unit

A silver box about 6 inches wide hangs on the trunk of a pine tree. 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
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
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