ML63570471
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Observation details
While scanning presumed WEGR groups for possible CLGR, I saw a single bird among them that seemed to have a brighter orange bill and much less black on its cap, apparently with white lores. It was not obvious to me that the flanks were lighter than nearby WEGR. For a while, this bird was near what seemed to be a floating platform, both swimming near it and apparently sitting on it, and there was another bird with a more extensive black cap that seemed to be clearly a WEGR in its vicinity. Later, I saw two birds swimming side by side after facing each other. I do not have extensive field experience with either species, but I got the impression that this behavior was perhaps a courtship display. One of these two birds appeared to have a quite narrow dark stripe on the back of the neck, and I thought while watching through my spotting scope that both had white around the eye. I tried to locate the two birds with my camera and get photos. I did get a photo of one bird that shows a fairly narrow dark stripe on the back of its neck, but the photos did not confirm that there was more than one possible CLGR. Throughout this observation, the possible CLGR(s) was/were quite distant, and so the photos I got as well as the views through the spotting scope were quite marginal. After observing for quite a while, and having heard intermittent WEGR ("kreet kreet") calls, I heard calls repeated a few times that seemed to match recordings I've heard of CLGR ("kreeet") - single-syllable, upslurred burry calls, seemingly more drawn-out than WEGR. I was able to record one of these. I am not positive of this ID, but given the numerous points suggesting it as a strong possibility, I think it is worthy of review. The distance was enough that I lost track of the suspected CLGR(s) several times and had difficulty finding it/them again.
Technical information
- Recorder
- TASCAM DR-05
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 12.23 MB