ML8244

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Walter A. Thurber
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2 Aug 1972 5:45 AM

2.0 km S of Coban
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
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Age and Sex

Unknown – 1

Sounds

Call

Behaviors

Flying; Foraging or Eating

Breeding

Tags

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Playback

Unspecified

Media notes

NOTES: CALL: 'PI-HUEY' OR 'PI-CUEY'. SONG (?): A FLICKER-LIKE CALL. BIRD SEEMED TO BE FORAGING THROUGH THE LEAVES OF THE TREE. FLICKER-LIKE CALLS BEFORE STARTED RECORDER. THEN RECORDED MOST OF A SERIES OF ITS MORE TYPICAL CALLS. BIRD THEN FLEW TO A MORE DISTANT TREE AND BEGAN FLICKER-LIKE CALLS. I THEN BEGAN A SERIES OF APPROACHES TO DIRECTLY BENEATH THE BIRD. THE VOCALIZATIONS WERE GENERALLY SPACED ABOUT 25-40 SECONDS APART. TWO ON ONE RECORDING SEEM CLOSER BECAUSE I STOPPED THE RECORDER BETWEEN Call type: tijos, joining calls nice and clear (per S. Vehrencamp).

Background Species

Bushy-crested Jay - Cyanocorax melanocyaneus

Technical Information

Recorder

UHER 4000L

Microphone

Accessories

Parabola 45.7cm (18in)

Archival Information

Cataloged

Digitized

27 Apr 2011 by David McCartt

Edited