kHz
Contributor
William V. Ward Media from this contributor
Date
6:30 AM
Location
Stewart Island; Oban; near Deep Bay Track
New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
NOTES: Background: PROSTHEMADERA NOVAESEELANDIAE (WING BEATS); Weather: WIND; TWO PRINCIPAL SOUNDS: A HARSH SCREECH, AND A MORE LIQUID, SLURRING SERIES OF NOTES. BIRDS PERCHED IN, OR FLEW ABOUT, SOME TALL GUM TREES. TUIS WERE FLYING IN AND OUT WITH THE KAKAS, AND THEIR WING BEATS CAN BEHEARD TO SOME EXTENT ON THE TAPE. THE KAKAS, OF WHICH THERE WERE SEVERAL, WERE EATING FRUIT OFF THE TREES. RECORDED 0630 TO 0705 HOURS. ADULT(S); MALE; FEMALE. Habitat: Forest.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- MAGNEMITE 610E
- Microphone
- Altec 688A
- Accessories
- Parabola 101.6cm/25.4cm (40in/10in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 7 Sep 2011 - Matthew D. Medler