ML266132701
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
WAV audio extracted from android phone video, including nearby road noise, people noise and some of my breathing trying to hold the phone as close to the bird as possible while trying to block the wind from the microphone.
Observation details
Kept hearing a faint, brief pea-whistle type call but couldn't instantly recognize it. Scrolled through various flycatcher calls on Merlin but couldn't find the match. After giving up I noticed a kingbird landing in a branch over the creek, with bright yellow breast all the way up to the throat, dark eye smudge, lacking Western's white outline of the outer tail. It started making the call I heard but more pronounced. I checked the sound for Couch's Kingbird with Merlin and it was a perfect match. I was able to observe for several minutes and several different perch positions and took photographs. I tried capturing the call with video feature on my phone, but uncertain about whether it will be useful enough. I will try to post the audio if it is usable. Photographs will be provided later.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 13.95 MB