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ML50747

Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

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Contributor

Randolph Little Media from this contributor Profile

Date

7 Jun 1990 2:45 PM

Location

Loyalton; Babbitt Peak
California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 39.6, -120.1
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation; Flying; Foraging or eating
Sounds
Call; Mechanical sound
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

NOTES: (Species Sound: constant; Breeding Status: not territorial, not breeding; Behavioral Context: mate contact?, parent-young contact?; General Climate: arid; Cover Density: medium; Filtering: yes - Nagra filter in step 1, then step 4) Copied at LNS onto AGFA PEM468, then edited by RSL. A flock of about 400 Clark's Nutcrackers was gradually working its way along the band of large pines, which seemed to have a good cone crop, that ring Babbitt Peak. LNS Note: Unbroken cut with internal recordist announcement gain change. JN 25Jul2005. Number of individuals=AUc400;. Other Behaviors: Establish Flock Contact, Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Forest, Evergreen Forest, Coniferous Forest, Deciduous Forest, Montane Grassland, Chaparral, Scrub.

Additional species

  • Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
  • Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
  • Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
  • Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
  • Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
  • Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis

Technical information

Recorder
NAGRA IV-D
Microphone
Sennheiser MKH 404
Accessories
Parabola 91.4cm/30.5cm (36in/12in)

Archival information

Cataloged
30 Nov 2000 - Nancy Schrempf
Digitized
25 Jul 2005 - James Napoli
Edited
11 Feb 1991 - Heather Wood

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