kHz
Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
Date
5:30 PM
Location
MAU NAROK; LENGETIA FARM
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: MYLES HAD BEEN WATCHING A NEST OF THIS SPECIES IN THE FOREST. AN OBSERVATION PLATFORM HAD BEEN BUILT 9M UP AND 45M AWAY FROM THE NEST. THE NEST CONTAINED ONE YOUNG IN WHITE DOWN AGED PROBABLY ONE MONTH. THE PARENT WAS VERY BOLD - NEVER LEFT THE NEST WHILE THEY WERE THERE. (PRECEEDING COMMENTS TAKEN FROM MYLES' NOTEBOOK P.74). THIS CUT FEATURES A SHORT SEQUENCE OF THE CALL OF THIS SPECIES UTTERED PROBABLY FROM HIGH IN THE AIR OVER THE FOREST. POSSIBLY IT IS ONE OF THE PARENT BIRDS. THIS IS NOT. Habitat: Montane Grassland.
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000S
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 8 May 2002 - Shelagh A. Smith