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Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
6:15 PM
Location
Las Minas de San Cristobal
Morazán, El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: THESE PAURAQUES CAME AT DUSK TO THEIR USUAL SPOT ON THE ROAD TO FEED.THE RECORDING BEGINS WITH A GROAN AND A 'PWIT-PWIT-PWIT' FROM THE SCRUB AS ONE BIRD BECAME ACTIVE AND THEN THE FLIGHT TO THE ROAD, BEING JOINED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BY THE SECOND BIRD. I HAVE INCLUDED HERE A BRIEF RECORDING (MADE ON 26FEB76 FROM 0540-0600) MADE AT DAWN OF PROBABLY ONE OF THE SAME BIRDS. THIS PAURAQUE LANDED IN A BUSH ABOUT 4M AWAY AND VOCALIZED A FEW TIMES BEFORE FLYING AWAY. LATER IT, OR ANOTHER, LANDED ON THE GROUND BESIDE ME AND VOCALIZED, FINALLY FLYING AWAY STILL CALLING. ROAD THROUGH THORN SCRUB. Sex: 2 UNKNOWN LNS: 250 Hz AUHipass filter applied in soundBlade to first, second, and fourth segments of recording. Habitat: Scrub.
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000 REPORT IC
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 26 May 2011 - Matthew D. Medler