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Contributor
William V. Ward Media from this contributor
Date
6:35 PM
Location
Kermadec Islands; Raoul Island; Southeast Denham Bay
New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Flying
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
- Specimen
- Specimen collected
Media notes
NOTES: I SAT IN THE SAND DUNES ABOVE THE BEACH. OVERHEAD THE 'NIGHTCLUB' (SEE LNS 03814) CIRCLED WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED BIRDS MOST OF WHICH FLEW UP FROM THE COLONY AT THE SW END OF THE BEACH 1 1/2 MILES AWAY. SOME BIRDS CAME IN THE SEA. ONCE IN A WHILE A PAIR WOULD FLY OFF ON A ZOOMING OR ERRATIC FLIGHT CLOSE TOGETHER. ALTHOUGH NESTING WAS WELL UNDERWAY, SOME NEW NESTS WERE BEING STARTED. HOWEVER, THE PURPOSE OF THE NIGHTCLUB AT THIS TIME APPEARED TO BE A COMMUNAL GET-TOGETHER. THE 'RRR-UK' CALLS SEEM. Other Behaviors: Establish Flock Contact, Emit Alarm. Habitat: Bay/Harbor.
Technical information
- Recorder
- MAGNEMITE 610E
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Digitized
- 7 Nov 2000 - Martha Fischer