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ML3548

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

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Contributor

Arthur A. Allen Media from this contributor

Date

16 Apr 1957

Location

ITHACA; LABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGY
Tompkins, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Sounds
Call
Playback
Not specified
Captive
Captive

Media notes

A new mated pair from Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge placed on pond with other birds from the area already on the pond. A) Triumph calls of male after charging another male (at approximately 0:25). B) A challenge (growl) followed by a real fight when male birds clinched and beat each other and the water with their wings while calling. The low "growl" is the challenge. (Fight at approximately 0:49) C) Another challenge (approximately 0:24) D) Another challenger (approximately 0:26) E) Male on guard, "talking" to female (approximately 1:43). Other Behaviors: Fight. Habitat: Pond.

Technical information

Recorder
PRESTO PT900
Microphone
Western Electric 633A
Accessories
Parabola (Unknown Diameter/Focal Length)

Archival information

Digitized
30 Apr 2002 - Shelagh A. Smith

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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