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Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
6:30 AM
Location
HACIENDA MONTECRISTO
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Non-vocal; Song
- Playback
- Playback used
Media notes
NOTES: Cover density: OPEN; RAPID TRILL OR BUZZ. AT TIMES AT THE CONCLUSION OF A TRILL THE BIRD STRETCHED HIS NECK FORWARD, OPENED HIS MOUTH, AND QUIVERED HIS WINGS AS THOUGH SINGING WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH--YET NOTHING COULD BE HEARD. BY APPROACHING TO LESS THAN 3M AND IN 1 MALE(S)CREASING THE GAIN OF RECORDER I COULD CAPTURE A SOUND. PLAYBACK GIVES A BRUSHING SOUND OR A MINOR-LEAGUE BRONX CHEER--VERY LITTLE FOR SO MUCH APPARENT EFFORT OF THE PART OF THE BIRD. PERHAPS MUCH OF THE VOCALIZATION IS ULTRASONIC. OPEN CULTIVATED AREA WI. Response to playback: Different song.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000 REPORT IC
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 23 Jun 2011 - David McCartt