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ML38821

Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

Report

Contributor

Lang Elliott Media from this contributor

Date

30 May 1987

Location

Paul Smiths
Franklin, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age and sex
Adult Male - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Mechanical sound
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

NOTES: (Species Sound: Frequent. Breeding Status: Territorial. Sound Category: "Peent" and booming. Visual Display: Booming involves outstanding dives with swooping up near ground. Gen. Climate: Humid. Env. Zone: Boreal? Adirondack pseudo-boreal. Gen. habitat: Large burned-over area; clearing. Strata: Low flight (boom) and high flight ("peent").). Other Behaviors: Advertise, Perform Visual Display.

Technical information

Recorder
UHER 4200
Microphone
Electro-Voice DO54
Accessories
Parabola 45.7cm (18in)

Archival information

Cataloged
8 Jan 2002 - Annette Nadeau
Digitized
8 Mar 2012 - David McCartt
Edited
21 Sep 1987 - John L. Bower

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