ML616006543
Contributor
Mike Henwood Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
State line sage--Bookcliff Ridge Rd to Mesa CR 2
Mesa, Colorado, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
after we watched two birds interact (courtship?) on wire fence, the birds disappeared into the brush and we heard these agitated calls (DZWEET as described by Nathan Pieplow). Possibly territorial altercations.
Observation details
Exact count. Seen & heard while walking road. Saw birds singing from top of bushes; heard two birds singing at once; saw pair together on road before running into sagebrush with tail held high. saw pair on wire fence fly up & engage in courtship & return to fence. After this interaction, heard birds giving agitated calls although we could not see them in the sagebrush cover.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Apple iPhoneXR
- Microphone
- none
- Accessories
- none
- Original file size
- 1.55 MB