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Contributor
William V. Ward Media from this contributor
Date
8:30 PM
Location
Kermadec Islands; North Meyer Islet
New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
- Specimen
- Specimen collected
Media notes
NOTES: BIRDS SAT IN OR AROUND THEIR BURROWS. A MOANING WITH RISING INFLECTION. THIS CUT ILLUSTRATES A WEDGE-TAILED CHORUS AS COMPARED WITH A SINGLE BIRD IN ITS BURROW (AS IN LNS 1802). ONE BIRD HAS A PARTICULARLY 'NASAL' QUALITY TO ITS VOICE. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES HERE AND IN HAWAII APPEAR TO BE GREATER THAN ANY REGIONAL DISTINCTION IN VOCALIZATION. RECORDER IN A SMALL AMPHITHEATER PERHAPS 10000 SQ. FT. IN SIZE A FEW HUNDRED YARDS S OF BOAT HARBOR ON W SIDE OF ISLET. PROVIDES NESTING SPACE FO. Social Context: Colony.
Technical information
- Recorder
- MAGNEMITE 610E
- Microphone
- Altec 688A
- Accessories
- Parabola 101.6cm/25.4cm (40in/10in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 8 Dec 2005 - James Napoli