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ML646707888

Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

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Contributor

Marc Regnier Media from this contributor Profile

Date

9 Dec 2025 eBird checklist S287945277

Location

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 32.8746855, -80.0863409
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Not specified
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Media notes

Flicker call in normal time then followed by same call slowed to 0.092x found at 12.3 seconds.

Observation details

A polyphonic call made up of what appears to be three components beginning with component #1, a mostly monophonic whistle followed by #2, a shorter monophonic whistle at lower frequency. #3, a down slur at yet a lower frequency...all components seem to have their respective multiple integer harmonics. The image is of a Raven Lite spectrogram with the numbered components showing overlapping(polyphony). Audio #2 begins with call in real time followed by same call slowed to 0.092x to hear the individual components and temporal overlapping...an example of bird virtuosity.

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8.01 MB

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