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ML239388501

American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

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Contributor

Wil Hershberger Media from this contributor Profile

Date

27 May 2020 eBird checklist S69705362

Location

Sleepy Creek WMA, Sleepy Creek road 2.1 mile west of ranger station at last hairpin turn before the top of Third Hill Mtn
Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 39.511766, -78.138182
Age and sex
Adult Male - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation; Foraging or eating
Sounds
Song
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

Behavior and other notes: Another unique adult male ASY American Redstart singing from a Red Oak while actively foraging. Recording Time: 0514 (UTC -4). Temperature 14C. Habitat: mixed deciduous woods. Distance to sound source: 11 meters. Specific location: Sleepy Creek WMA, high hairpin, Berkeley Co., WV. Latitude 39.511825, Longitude -78.138204. Elevation 488 meters. ID’d by sight and sound; ID confidence 100%. Equipment notes: Recorder HPF on at 80Hz, -12dB/octave.

Technical information

Recorder
Sound Devices 702
Microphone
Sennheiser MKH 8020
Accessories
Roche Parabola 74cm/17.7cm (29.1in/7in)
Original file size
138.81 MB

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