kHz
Contributor
William V. Ward Media from this contributor
Date
7:30 AM
Location
North Island; Wanganui; Virginia Lake
New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
F. a. australis. Several birds swimming in the water. Chased each other at times. Several call types, mainly "crark crark" and "kratack krat krat" with water splash. The lake is about 10 or 15 acres surrounded by park, bush and scrub. Recorded between 0730 and 1045 hours. ML: 800 Hz high-pass filter. Other Behaviors: Establish Flock Contact, Fight, Emit Alarm. Habitat: Lake.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA III
- Microphone
- Altec 688A
- Accessories
- Parabola 101.6cm/25.4cm (40in/10in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 12 Oct 2011 - Martha Fischer