Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: CAT NO. 74615 PARTS A & B: Time: 0515/0645. Date: 9 Nov. 1974. Identified by sight and sound. Confidence in ID: 100%. Recordist's Tape #78A/B. Bkground Sounds: Acridotheres tristis, loud on occasions; Geopelia striata; Pteropus rodricensis, Culicidae sp., Insectivora spp., Foudia madagascariensis. No. of Animals/Sex: adult(s), male(s), female(s). Range Status: Normal, Highly endangered. Breeding Status: Territorial paired, breeding. Sound Category: Song, call. Field Recorder: Nagra IIIB. Cut length: Part A - 5:32, Part B - 12:00.) HPF 220 Hz. Field annotations included. The singing males sang from "high points" but they would forage with a second bird female? (likely) and then when they were high would sing. I I could not see them then the lowest bird was one I was focused on and this would not be the singer (9 times out of 10 = Murphy's rule!). But the pair calls were clear! Part B annotation is clear regarding the two birds foraging one singing (male) one not (female) with soft calls-- [sic] CAT NO 74615, PART C: Time 0645. Date: 9 Nov 1974. Identified by sight and sound. Confidence in ID: 100%. Recordist's Tape #78B/79A. No. of Animals/Sex: adult(s), male(s), female(s). Range Status: Normal, Highly endangered. Breeding Status: Territorial paired, breeding. Sound Category: Song, call. Field Recorder: Nagra IIIB. Cut length: 11:29. HPF 220 Hz. Field lannotations included (0645). Playback of songs of "same sp" were used with care--the calls not songs were what I was hoping for! At the end they did call. The "tek" or "je-je-jit" call is heard distantly. CAT NO 74615, PART D: Date: 9 Nov 1974. Identified by sight and sound. Confidence in ID: 100%. Recordist's Tape #79A. No. of Animals/Sex: adult(s), male(s), female(s). Range Status: Normal, Highly endangered. Breeding Status: Territorial paired, breeding. Sound Category: Song, call. Field Recorder: Nagra IIIB. Cut length: 0451. Field annotations are included. We have lifted the level on the "zee-zit" (ze ze zit) calls (the Fruit Bats can be heard in the background). Then there is a second series of that call. (We have tried to exclude the Fruit Bats from the copy.At the end the "ze ze zit" is heard clearly. There is an amount of "loud fanning" display in response to playback. (0830 ended recording) at 0800 the nest which we checked had an incubating bird in it. 0830 ends recordings in this Island.
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA III-B
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 12 Oct 2001 - Annette Nadeau
- Digitized
- 3 Feb 2012 - Jay McGowan