kHz
ML512550481
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
Media notes
This recording has a deleted section at 19 s, when a noisy truck passed over the road bridge.
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.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Roland 05
- Microphone
- Roland 05 built-in microphone
- Accessories
- None; recorded fixed on tripod and then left to run with open mic.
- Original file size
- 606.31 KB