kHz
Contributor
William V. Ward Media from this contributor
Robert Falla Media from this contributor
Date
6:50 AM
Location
North Island; Kapiti Island; Rangatira
New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
NOTES: Weather: WIND; TUIS ARE THE FIRST BIRDS TO VOCALIZE ON THIS ISLAND AT THIS TIME. THEFIRST NOTES ARE GENERALLY LIQUID. THEN VARIOUS GURGLES AND SQUAWKS APPEAR WITH PERIODS OF SILENCE BETWEEN. THE TUIS DID NOT ALLOW ACLOSE APPROACH. AS IS CUSTOMARY AMONG TUIS, THE ONES ON THIS ISLAND VOCALIZE ABIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE ONES ELSEWHERE. THESE SONGS WERE RECORDED INTHE THICK, SECOND GROWTH FOREST NOW COVERING MOST OF THE ISLAND. 1.5KHZ HIGH PASS FILTER. Sound stimulation was (other): NATURAL(NO PLAYBACK). Other Behaviors: Advertise. Habitat: Forest, Island, Second-growth, Edge.
Technical information
- Recorder
- MAGNEMITE 610E
- Microphone
- Altec 688A
- Accessories
- Parabola 101.6cm/25.4cm (40in/10in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 21 Sep 2011 - Jay McGowan