kHz
Contributor
Randolph Little Media from this contributor Profile
Date
8:15 AM
Location
Cape May Point
New Jersey, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
NOTES: (Background Sounds: surf; Species Sound: frequent; Breeding Status: not territorial, not breeding; Behavioral context: parent-young contact?; General Climate: humid; Hatitat Type: pilings at shoreline; Cover Density: none; Strata in Habitat: perch [song crossed out]; Weather: wind N. 10mph; Filtering: Nagra IVD filter on step 4) 14 Royal Terns and 12 Forster's Terns perched on pilings at the sewage plant outflow pipe from Cape May into Delaware Bay. The Forster's Terns were silent. Other Behaviors: Establish Flock Contact, Social Context: Mixed. Habitat: Marine, Bay/Harbor, Beach.
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA IV-D
- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 404
- Accessories
- Parabola 91.4cm/30.5cm (36in/12in)
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 13 Nov 2000 - Nancy Schrempf
- Digitized
- 9 Aug 2005 - James Napoli
- Edited
- 23 Oct 1989 - Thomas Paolangeli