Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Weather: WIND; L.F. AMBIGUUS. THIS SEQUENCE OF BOUBOUS HAS AN UNUSUAL FLUTE-BOU-FLUTE COMBINATION. THE NEARER BIRD SEEMS TO BE DOING A VERY INTERESTING FLUTE-BOU-FLUTE-FLUTE TO BE ANSWERED BY FLUTE-FLUTE-BOU-FLUTE A RATHER UNSUAL COMBINATION. THE MORE DISTANT BIRD IS DOING THE LOWER G COMBINATION; WHILE THE NEARER BIRD PERFORMS THE HIGHER A7 FLUTE. LASTLY ONE BIRD VOCALIZES ALONE. ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM, THE WHISTLING THORN, IS PRESENTON ALL THE SLOPES OF THE GORGE. TOWARD THE EAST END OF THE GORGE THERE IS AN ABRUPT DROP OF 60M. THE ONLY WATER TO BE FOUND IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS GULLY. GRASS IS PLENTIFUL ON THE VALLEY FLOOR WHICH IS ALSO POPULATED WITH BUSHES. HIGH CLIFFS ON 3 ML: Background subject changed from recordist's original identification of Oenanthe lugubris schalowi to Oenanthe lugubris to conform to eBird Taxonomy (v. 1.55). -Jay McGowan/Matt Medler, July 2015.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- EMI RE321
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 9 Jan 2002 - Martha Fischer