{"id":28451,"date":"2015-12-14T23:27:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T21:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.milvus.ro\/monitoring\/winter-census-of-the-long-eared-owl-asio-otus-in-romania\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:24:08","slug":"winter-census-of-the-long-eared-owl-asio-otus-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/monitoring\/winter-census-of-the-long-eared-owl-asio-otus-in-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Census of the Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28451\" class=\"elementor elementor-28451 elementor-7954\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbb66c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dbb66c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4e40c7\" data-id=\"a4e40c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da1834f elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da1834f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><em><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Photo: Alexandra Ion<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-164f931 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"164f931\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ceb31db\" data-id=\"ceb31db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d2d7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3d2d7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;\">Target species:\u00a0<\/span>long-eared owl<\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;\">Period:\u00a0<\/span>december-january<\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;\">Experience level:<\/span>\u00a0beginner<\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;\">Number of people needed:<\/span>\u00a01\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;\">Equipment:<\/span>\u00a0mobile phone (smartphone), binocular<\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;\">Location:<\/span>\u00a0settlements (villages, town neighborhoods)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4ff64c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4ff64c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31e0d6a\" data-id=\"31e0d6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51cda997 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51cda997\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e097516\" data-id=\"e097516\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e40e37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e40e37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Short description of the methodology<\/strong><\/h2><p>No special ornithological knowledge or equipment is required to participate in the monitoring programme, so anyone can volunteer to join the survey. We welcome bird lovers from all over the country who would like to survey long-eared owl wintering sites near their homes and count the number of owls present, once a year, preferably through several years. If you would like to participate please contact the programme coordinator.\u00a0<\/p><p>Settlements or parts of towns (neighborhoods) are proposed by the participants and approved with the programme coordinator. The information collected will be recorded using a form available in the OpenBioMaps phone application, as in our other monitoring programmes.<\/p><p>A detailed description of the method can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Protocol-de-monitorizare-al-ciufilor-de-padure-in-locurile-de-iernare.pdf\">here<\/a><\/strong> (in Romanian).<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1czBw3TUH8ZXnndRRvjsoROYAP0jkJ4WcN_pDUGMYoFU\/edit#gid=0\">In this table<\/a><\/strong>, each volunteer can keep track of when a full visit is needed in the municipality of his\/her choice (see details in the methodological description).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d03dc04 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d03dc04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fbdddd\" data-id=\"4fbdddd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae335c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ae335c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Results<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/long-eared-owls-roosting-sites-number-decreasing\/\">2022-2024<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/less-long-eared-owls\/\">2022-2023<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/rezultatele-monitorizarii-ciufilor-de-padure-din-iarna-2021-2022\/\">2021-2022<\/a>\u00a0(in Romanian)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/monitorizarea-ciufilor-de-padure-in-locurile-de-iernare-rezultate-din-iarna-2020-2021\/\">2020-2021<\/a>\u00a0(in Romanian)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/rezultatele-monitorizarii-ciufilor-de-padure-in-locurile-de-iernare-in-iarna-2019-2020\/\">2019-2020<\/a>\u00a0(in Romanian)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/ciufii-de-padure-numarati\/\">2018 \u2013 2019<\/a>\u00a0(in Romanian)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/asio_otus_census\/\">2014-2015<\/a>\u00a0(in Romanian)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/recensamant-de-iarna-al-ciufilor-de-padure-2013-2014\/\">2013-2014<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/al-patrulea-recensamant-de-iarna-al-ciufilor-de-padure-2011-2012\/\">2012-2013<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/the-third-wintering-long-eared-owl-census-2011-2012\/\">2011-2012<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/2010-2011-winters-synchronous-census-of-long-eared-owls\/\">2010-2011<\/a><\/p><h2>Contact<\/h2><p>L\u0151rinc B\u0103rbos,<\/p><p>l&#111;&#114;i&#110;&#99;&#46;b&#97;r&#98;os&#64;&#109;il&#118;us&#46;&#114;&#111;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61a5cca elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"61a5cca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00d51ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00d51ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Alexandra IonTarget species:\u00a0long-eared owlPeriod:\u00a0december-januaryExperience level:\u00a0beginnerNumber of people needed:\u00a01\u00a0Equipment:\u00a0mobile phone (smartphone), binocularLocation:\u00a0settlements (villages, town neighborhoods)Short description of the methodologyNo special ornithological knowledge or equipment is required to participate in the monitoring programme, so anyone can volunteer to join the survey. 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