ML345124841
Contributor
Brian Shulist Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Wilno; Hwy 60; Wilno Hills Moraine/Kame
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
Faint vocals, by the female, at 2.1, 8 and 11 secs (2 kHz and below) given shortly after landing on pond and joining her brood of 6 young. A Merlin was nearby.
Observation details
At pond, first heard then saw 6 HOME ducklings, several days old, with no female in sight, moving along the pond shore. A Merlin was nearby and made several low flyovers over the pond surface but it didn't go for the ducklings. The young had bouts of calling which was distantly recorded. Amazingly, the female was seen flying into the pond ~10 mins after the young stopped calling. She swam to her brood and they joined her in foraging on the pond surface. The Merlin stayed perched nearby but made no attempt at an attack.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- Samsung Galaxy Tab E Lite: model SM-T113
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 1.22 MB