La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) breeding in the region of Lake Ammersee
Auteurs :	Ursula Wink, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ornithologischer Anzeiger (47(2-3) DEC 2008)
Article en page(s) :	208-211
Résumé :	The Scops Owl first bred in Bavaria at Volkach/Main in 1960. In 2007 the species bred for the first time in the the region of Lake Ammersee in Upper Bavaria. This is the second known brood in Bavaria and the fifth in South-Germany. The Scops Owl was first observed in the region of Lake Ammersee in 2005. In 2006 two males and one female arrived in May. They sang together until the middle of June, but no brood could be found. In 2007 again 2 male and 1 female arrived, and this year bred in an artificial box and hatched 4 Young. Until 02.08., two fledglings could be found in the vicinity. In 2008 again 2 male and 1 female Scops Owls could be heard in the same location but the owls did not breed.

Lundi , mardi et jeudi de 9h à 12h et de 13h à 17h00 : ouverture au public ...