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ML138587

Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris

Report

Contributor

Gregory Budney Media from this contributor

Date

3 Mar 1996 10:49 AM

Location

Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area. Large pond near intersection of Conn Hill and Boylan Rds
Tompkins, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 42.3745752, -76.6568899
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Flying
Sounds
Call
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

Recorded with a mid-side stereo microphone pair mounted on a small platform covered with camouflage mesh cloth and floated in the pond with a long cable run between the float and audio recorder. This was a single Ring-necked Duck. Not seen clearly enough through the undergrowth to determine sex with 100% certainly. Other Behaviors: Depart, Take Flight. Habitat: Deciduous Forest, Pond. Equipment Notes: MS stereo original was decoded via SoundBlade when archived.

Additional species

  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

Technical information

Recorder
HHB PORTADAT PDR 1000
Microphone
Sennheiser MKH 20; Sennheiser MKH 30
Accessories

Archival information

Cataloged
12 Jan 2010 - Martha Fischer
Digitized
12 Jan 2010 - Martha Fischer
Edited
12 Jan 2010 - Martha Fischer

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