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Location

Katahdin Woods & Waters NM--Deasey Ponds
Penobscot, Maine, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 45.8757158, -68.6795881
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation; Foraging or eating
Sounds
Call; Mechanical sound
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

Recording Times: 11:50:00, 11:59 AM, 12:08 PM (UTC -4). Temperature: 13 C. Habitat: Coniferous Forest, Mixed Coniferous/Deciduous. Behavior and other notes: Seen bird, one loud drum and then soft tapping from foraging. The initial drum has some distortion due to over-topping. Drums later in track will have very slight overtopping distortion of the highest peaks. At 12:04 and following , a second bird flies in and the two copulate, making soft calls. Specific Location: Latitude 45.87520129, Longitude -68.6776424, Elevation 220 m. Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Deasey Ponds Trail - forest area boardwalk within 50-100 m of the ponds. ID'd by Sight; ID confidence 100%.

Observation details

In the wooded area immediately adjacent to the pond. Observed the pair copulating and also saw a nest hole.

Technical information

Recorder
Zoom F4
Microphone
Sennheiser ME 62
Accessories
24-inch stamped aluminum Edmund Scientific parabola
Original file size
116.63 MB