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Contributor
William V. Ward Media from this contributor
Date
10:45 AM
Location
Wanganui; Virginia Lake
New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation; Flying
- Sounds
- Call; Non-vocal
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
NOTES: Weather: WIND; FAINT GURGLING OR WARBLING SERIES OF SLIGHTLY FLUCTUATING LIQUID NOTES WITH GOOD CARRYING POWER. BIRDS WERE COURTING ON LAKE. THE MALE WOULD CHASE THE FEMALE ON THE WATER, SWIMMING WITH GREAT FORCE RAPIDLY TOWARD HER. MALE SPREAD HIS WINGS TO TAKE AFTER THE FEMALE WHEN SHE FLEW AWAY FROM HIS APPROACH. AS THEY TOOK TO THE AIR, THEIR WINGBEATS COULD BE HEARD AS WELL AS THEIR FAINT, MUTED CALLS.:. Other Behaviors: Court, Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Lake.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA III
- Microphone
- Altec 688A
- Accessories
- Parabola 101.6cm/25.4cm (40in/10in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 3 Aug 2005 - Mike Andersen