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ML54675

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

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Contributor

Sylvia L. Halkin Media from this contributor

Date

7 Jul 1984 10:16 AM

Location

UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve--Lakeshore Path (general)
Dane, Wisconsin, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 43.0786373, -89.4109051
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Call; Song
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

NOTES: This recording contains both male and female song. Male and female with nestlings, female usually on the nest, male usually within 12 m of nest. Vocal interactions between the pair (see tape transcriptions and field notebook). Uher counter numbers 000-146 (18 min 52 sec), recorded between 1016 h and ~1115 h. Copied from parts of now-nonexistent Tape 00. Long series of good "took" calls from male feeding nestlings from 7 min to 11 min 9 sec, with a male song given from the nest partway through (the female was away from the nest). Great complex duet/countersinging starts at 14 min 34 sec, including a female song with 8 sets of repetitions of 5 different syllable types (some repeated from earlier in the same song), including two "chirr" syllables partway through the song. LNS Technician Note: I did not edit out recordist's off/on noises in order to maintain time line in recordist's field notes. mf. Other Behaviors: Counter Singing, Mate, Care For Young, Establish Parent Young Contact. Habitat: Forest, Park/Campus/Cemetery, Lake, Suburban, Coniferous Forest, Deciduous Forest, Savannah, Thicket/Brush, Second-growth, Edge.

Technical information

Recorder
UHER REPORT 4400
Microphone
Uher M517
Accessories
Dan Gibson Parabola 45.7cm/11cm (18in/4.3in)

Archival information

Cataloged
18 Aug 2009 - Sylvia L. Halkin
Digitized
18 Aug 2009 - Martha Fischer
Edited
18 Aug 2009 - Martha Fischer

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