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Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
2:00 PM
Location
SANTA ANA; CERRO VERDE
El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Flying
- Sounds
- Non-vocal
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Weather: WIND; AEOLIAN HARP EFFECT OF WIND THROUGH FLIGHT FEATHERS. POSSIBLY FOR SPORT? THREE VULTURES WERE OBSERVED DIVING DOWN TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP (THERE WERE OTHERS SOARING BUT NOT DIVING). THE BIRDS WOULD ASCEND TO A GREAT HEIGHT WHERE THEY WERE LITTLE M Sex: 3 UNKNOWNORE THAN MERE DOTS, POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 500M ABOVE ME. THEY WOULD THEN DIVE RAPIDLY, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, UNTIL POSSIBLY 50M ABOVE THE TREE TOPS, AFTER WHICH THEY WOULD PULL OUT AND SOAR UPWARD AGAIN ON THE STRONG WIND. AFTER SEVERAL DIVES OVER CERRO VER. Habitat: Montane Grassland.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 25 Sep 2002 - Sarah Benson-Amram