Contributor
William W. H. Gunn Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Melville Island; Bridport Inlet
Nunavut, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1; Unknown age, Unknown sex - 1
- Sounds
- Call; Mechanical sound
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: sounds (anxiety notes) from a pair as I approach vicinity of nest, a scrape on the tundra. Male at first, female bg. Annct: 2:20 Displays 3:37 et seq. wing sounds. Attack dives. Annct. 7:00 (3rd bird) annct 12:20 Also: Brant Geese, Glaucous gull, Golden (?) Plover, small sdpr. Sound stimulation was (other): human approach.
Additional species
- Brant Branta bernicla
- small plover sp. Charadrius/Thinornis/Anarhynchus sp.
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Technical information
- Recorder
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 2 Sep 1999 - Martha Fischer
- Digitized
- 4 Aug 2000 - Lauren A. Serafin