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Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
9:30 AM
Location
Las Minas de San Cristobal
Morazán, El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2; Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: A YOUNG FLYCATCHER, JUST OUT OFTHE NEST, WAS PERCHED ON A CLOTHESLINE. IT CALLED SHARPLY AND OFTEN. FROM TIME TO TIME AN ADULT FORAGING THROUGH BUSHES RESPONDED; THE INTENSITY OF THE RECORDED NOTES VARIES ACCORDING TO ITS DIRECTION FROM THE MICROPHONE. AT ONE POINT THE ADULT FLEW SWIFTLY AND EXCITEDLY TO THE CLOTHESLINE CALLING LOUDLY. A SECOND FLYCATCHER HAD PERCHED NEARBY, POSSIBLY IN RESPONSE TO THE CALLS OF YOUNG BIRD. THE FIRST ADULT ATTACKED THE NEWCOMER AND DROVE IT AWAY. 1 FLEDGLING(S); 2 ADULT(S). Other Behaviors: Establish Parent Young Contact, Beg.
Additional species
- Dog (Domestic type) Canis lupus (Domestic type)
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000 REPORT IC
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 22 Nov 2004 - Martha Fischer