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Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
7:30 AM
Location
Hacienda Los Pinos
Usulután, El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: THIS PAIR, PROBABLY MALE AND FEMALE, ENGAGED IN A RITE OFTEN SEEN AMONG NORTHERN FLICKERS. ONE BIRD STOOD ERECT AND CALLED, THE OTHER SQUATTED. THEN THEY ALTERNATED, THE SECOND BIRD GIVING A DIFFERENT VOCALIZATION. ONE BIRD'S VOCALIZATION IS THE CLEAR, SLIGHTLY SLURRED WHISTLE; THE OTHER VOCALIZATION IS THE FAMILIAR 'WHA-CHEER' CALL. DURING THIS RECORDING THE BIRDS WERE CLOSE TOGETHER ON A DEAD STUB OF A TREE ABOUT 4M FROM THE GROUND. SOMETIMES THEY PERFORMED ON SEPARATE BRANCHES OF THE SAME TREE. BRUSH AND TREES ALONG BANK OF STREAM IN PASTURE. 2 ADULT(S); MALE?; FEMALE?. Other Behaviors: Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Park/Campus/Cemetery, Creek.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000 REPORT IC
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 24 Feb 2009 - David McCartt