ML489817411
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
EDITS: Highpass filter 300hrz to 12db. Normalize -3db. Sections of severe traffic noise has been deleted.
Observation details
The recording was taken along a rural road with some intermittent vehicular noise and a persistent mild breeze. The focal species ,a pair of adult black-shouldered kite were both perched on a high voltage power pylon horizontal support about 45 meters above ground on a hill side approx 35 meters from the recorder. The kites were being swooped by an inquisitive adult Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides. The kites would utter a "sssht" call every time the Nankeen Kestrel would swoop. The adult male black-shouldered kite would also intermittently utter a higher pitched "whistle"call (45-50 seconds along the tract timeline) Habitat: country side with open farmlands and scattered low grassy hillsides. The dominant begging call in the rear ground is that of a juvenile Australian Magpie begging for food from its parent bird. The melodious softer background song is that of a displaying Eurasian Skylark. EDITS: Highpass filter 300hrz to 12db. Normalize -3db. Sections of severe traffic noise has been deleted.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- Zoom F3
- Microphone
- Sennheiser ME66+K6
- Accessories
- Rycote softie as a windbreaker on mic.
- Original file size
- 9.7 MB