ML40295351
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
You have to play this very loudly to hear it. It sounds similar to the call of an Eastern Bluebird, a soft sort of tu wee. He'd make the two note call, stop and about five seconds or so later, he'd make the came two note call again. Unfortunately, I was only able to capture one of the times he made the call by the time I decided to record. He flew over my head and I thought I captured it on audio, but the sound of the wind blocked it out. It was so clear and sharp and loud. I'm bummed the wind distortion completely wiped it out. I've never heard the Greater Yellowlegs make this call. I am assuming it is a distress call of some kind, but I'd love someone to help me identify it. This bird is here late and on his own. He's been here for some days. This is the first time I've heard this call. At first I just heard a call coming from a bird that seemed to be circling Teal Pond, based on the call repetitions and where they were coming from. Finally I decided to record the call and then discovered it was the Yellowlegs making these calls.
Observation details
Continuing bird. I have a very poor video in which the Yellowlegs makes a call I've never heard - distress call? I'll add that separately as an audio file as well. The photos are taken from the video. As I wrote in the video on Youtube: "You can hear a call a few seconds into this clip. It's faint, but if you turn up the volume, you can hear it. But turn the volume back down or you'll hear loud wind distortion noises after that. I initially meant to simply try to record this call, since this bird kept calling around me and I felt unfamiliar with this call. It sounded like a shorebird and reminiscent of Yellowlegs, but I wasn't sure. Then, while recording a bit of the call/song that you can hear about 3 seconds into the video, I saw the bird and tried zooming in. It was the Greater Yellowlegs. I had a difficult time videoing him as he kept flying around Teal Pond in circles, hence the poor quality video. However, the Greater Yellowlegs is in there. I saw one there yesterday and on the 15th. However, I don't think I've ever heard one make this particular kind of call. I think it might be a distress call? I'd appreciate any help with this call. It sounds like the call of an Eastern Bluebird, but this is a Greater Yellowlegs.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Canon SX50 HS
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 263.38 KB