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
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback used
Media notes
NOTES: Weather: WIND; EACH EVENING FOR TWO WEEKS THIS BIRD COULD BE FOUND IN ATALL GUANACASTE TREE, CALLING STEADILY AND SOMETIMES FEEDING. IT OFTEN FED ON A WASP NEST, PRESUMABLY UNOCCUPIED BY WASPS. AFTER RECORDING ITS CALLS I PLAYED THEM BACK. THE BIRD IMMEDIATELY FLEW OVER MY HEAD TO A SMALL GUANACASTE. I RECORDED ITS CALLS (THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THISRECORDING) ANDPLAYED THEM BACK. THE BIRD FLEW OVER MY HEAD TO THE FIRST GUANACASTE AND CONTINUED CALLING. THESE WERE RECORDED. THORN SCRUBWITH OCCASIONALTREES. Sex: 1 UNKNOWN BNA: Possibly the "Tsuka-Tsuka Call" is heard throughout the recording. CZ 23/02/2004. Response to playback: Approach. Habitat: Scrub.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000 REPORT IC
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 23 Feb 2004 - Claudia Zan