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ML219287851

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus

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Contributor

Wil Hershberger Media from this contributor Profile

Date

29 Mar 2020 eBird checklist S66382300

Location

Wood Song, 1.5 km WSW of Johnsontown
Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 39.574956, -78.054468
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation; Foraging or eating
Sounds
Call
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

Recording Time: 1744 (UTC -4). Temperature 18C. Habitat: mixed deciduous woods. Distance to sound source: 13 meters. Behavior and other notes: Female Red-bellied Woodpeck foraging in a white oak. She was tapping at and removing pieces of bark, apparently eating something. She called in response to another conspecific in the distance. She then flew to a different tree where a male was sitting on a horizontal branch. She jumped on his back for a fraction of a second. He then mounted and mated with her -- all the while they were making constant, quiet calls. Specific location: Latitude 39.575464, Longitude -78.056623. Elevation 156 meters. ID’d by sight and sound; ID confidence 100%. Equipment notes: Recorder HPF on at 80Hz, -12dB/octave.

Technical information

Recorder
Sound Device 702
Microphone
Senn. MKH8020
Accessories
30” Roche Parabola
Original file size
91.17 MB

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