ML619462948
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Media notes
Terrible recording but the fact that Merlin also identified an American Kestrel is the only reason I felt ok logging it. The clicks you hear are me "taking photos"... I cut off the cursing right after this when I realized I actually wasn't.
Observation details
Absolutely kicking myself because I started furiously snapping pics thru my binoculars... And then it turned out the camera app wasn't open on my phone. What I observed: it was not very large (maybe the size of a blue jay-ish), it looked speckled/spotted and grey-ish to me underneath, its face looked sort of "flat", it made a bunch of birds nearby squawk like crazy, and I remember wondering "what is that weird lump near the tail?". After looking up pics I think it may have been either its feet hanging down or it was carrying a small animal. I wasn't sure I would log this as a positive ID but it did get picked up by Merlin sound ID as well (along with me realizing my camera wasn't open and cursing!) which I will try to edit and upload later.
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Technical information
- Recorder
- Google Pixel 8
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 1.88 MB