kHz
ML512550471
Contributor
Peter Frost Media from this contributor
Date
Location
East bank Upokongaro Stream, Upokongaro, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ (-39.869, 175.115)
Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Observation details
At least 4 birds calling from the trees on the opposite bank. Two seen briefly as they flew between the trees. Overall, 136 night-heron calls were recorded, initially given at an average of 36 sec intervals but building up to one call every 16 sec on average in the 10 minutes before departure, and 1/sec when the birds departed at 20:58.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- Roland 05
- Microphone
- Roland 05 in-built microphone
- Accessories
- None; recorder attached to a tripod and left to run on open mic.
- Original file size
- 145.52 KB