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ML211189841

Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus

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Contributor

Bill Sheehan Media from this contributor Profile

Date

23 Feb 2020 eBird checklist S64908335

Location

Beardsly Brook, New Sweden
Aroostook, Maine, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 46.975738, -68.140642
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Sounds
Mechanical sound
Playback
Playback used

Media notes

Female flew in to a tree nearby in response to playback of calls. Drummed once hesitantly. Presumed mate responded (faint) and then female drummed again. this time more emphatically.

Observation details

Distant drumming pair. Female flew in nearby tree and drummed several times. Recorded.

Additional species

  • Common Raven Corvus corax

Technical information

Recorder
IPhone 8
Microphone
Accessories
Original file size
353.16 KB

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