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Contributor
Mark Vaughan Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
US-TX-League City-551-580 Mariners Dr - 29.5446x-95.0414
Galveston, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - X
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
Recorded at dawn 4/30/2017. Nestlings chirping as adults returned to the rookery. Sunny day and mid 70 temperature.
Observation details
Black-crowned nigh Heron rookery. Uncountable hatchlings. Many egg remnants under nests so recently hatched. Adults present in significant numbers. Males bringing sticks to females and many adult females on nests. Oak trees had as many as 5 nests per tree. A squirrel was moving through the rookery which stirred up quite a commotion.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Marantz 661
- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 70 shotgun microphone
- Accessories
- None
- Original file size
- 6.19 MB