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ML253565021

Great Skua Stercorarius skua

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Contributor

Andrew Spencer Media from this contributor Profile

Date

1 Jun 2018 eBird checklist S46220207

Location

Hringvegur, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður IS-East Iceland (63.9838,-16.4035)
Austurland, Iceland
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 63.98382, -16.40349
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 2
Sounds
Call
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Playback not used

Media notes

Various alarm calls from one of a pair, presumably near a nest. The higher pitched calls were given while the bird was both perched and in flight a little distance from me. The lower pitched calls were mostly given in flight, including in close proximity. Several wing whooshes can be heard as it dived at me. The other member of the pair tended to keep much more distant, and was mostly not vocalizing.

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32.39 MB

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