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Contributor
Fred W. Loetscher, Jr. Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Kosciusko State Park
New South Wales, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Weather: WIND; THE PAIR WAS IN A GUM TREE AT EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY. ALL OF THE LOUD AND VARIED VOCALIZATIONS IN THIS RECORDING WERE GIVEN BY THIS PAIR, THEIR YELLOW TAIL AND HEAD MARKINGSVERY NOTICEABLE. WELL-WATERED FOREST CHIEFLY OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS THESNOW-GUM (EUCALYPTUS CORIACEA) WITH SOMECLEARINGS AND BUSHES. WHEN NOT VOCALIZING THE BIRDS CLIMBED ABOUT SLOWLY IN TREES, WATCHED ME CAUTIOUSLY, RAISED CRESTS OCCASIONALLY; FLEW SLOWLY AND STIFFLY SHORT DISTANCES (THOUGH USUALLY CALLING WHEN FLYING). EARLY AFTERNOON. Habitat: Forest.
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA III
- Microphone
- AKG 200
- Accessories
Archival information
- Digitized
- 28 Nov 2000 - Martha Fischer