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ML646602573

European Shag Gulosus aristotelis

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Contributor

Thomas Gibson Media from this contributor Profile

Date

7 Jun 2025 eBird checklist S247758021

Location

Vardø--Hornøya
Finnmark, Norway
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 70.386716, 31.1495961
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation; Preening, scratching, or bathing
Sounds
Call
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

In this recording you can hear the din of the sebird colony, a Shag making it's strange gutteral clucking noises, and the at 11 seconds in the unmistakable moist ejection and thump of a rectum full of fish guts being expelled directly over my sound recorder with shocking accuracy. This caused the sound files from that day to corrupt with many breaks in the audio and strange noises, but at least it was recorded for posterity. The sound recorder was not damaged and the rich sweet fishy musky smell of the Shag's guano was really quite a pleasant smell, not dissimilar to otter spraint.

Technical information

Recorder
Microphone
Accessories
Original file size
741.88 KB

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