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Randolph Little
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Gregory Budney
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20.0 km N of Sierraville; Sierra Valley; Marble Hot Springs Road
Plumas, California, United States
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- Age and Sex
- Adult – 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Behaviors
- Breeding
- Courtship, Display, or Copulation
- Tags
- ; ;
- Playback
- Used
Comments
NOTES: (Background Sounds: playback of this rail, our foot sounds on sandy berm of road, Nagra start-stop control noises; Species Sound: frequent; Breeding Status: territorial?, breeding?; Response to Playback: normal song after about 40 seconds quiet; General Climate: arid; Cover Density: thick; Weather: "sickle" moon) Greg played back this bird's call on his Nagra while I recorded the entire sequence. You can hear the clicking of the transport control when Greg starts and stops the playback, and can hear that the rail ceases calling when it hears the playback, and then gradually resumes after a considerable pause. BNA: The "tick-it" call is heard throughout the recording. CZ 17/02/2004. [There are 50 sets of "tick-it" calls, which are presumably given as a male advertising call (following BNA); however, some "series" represent only a single "tick." Quality unchanged (1 - but with the "bird" in the background apparently coming from a tape recorder) - CAM - 8 April 2005]. Response to playback: Orient. Response to playback: Normal song. Other Behaviors: Advertise, Social Context: Mixed. Habitat: Wetland, Freshwater, Deciduous Forest, Pasture.
Background Species
Dog (Domestic type) - Canis lupus (Domestic type)
Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
Technical Information
- Recorder
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NAGRA IV-D
- Microphone
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Sennheiser MKH 404
- Accessories
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Parabola 91.4cm/30.5cm (36in/12in)
Archival Information
- Cataloged
- 13 Nov 2000 by Nancy Schrempf
- Digitized
- 17 Feb 2004 by Claudia Zan
- Edited
- 23 Oct 1989 by Thomas Paolangeli