kHz
ML9233
Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
Contributor
William V. Ward Media from this contributor
Date
12:01 PM
Location
Taiaroa Head; Otago Peninsula
New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Call
- Tags
- Nest
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Breeding status: TERRITORIAL PAIRED; AS I HAD FAILED TO TAPE NEST RELIEF I PLACED MIKE BESIDE THIS PAIR WHICH HAD NOT CHANGED OVER FOR 3 DAYS. I WAITED FOR 3 MORE DAYS: CHANGE OVER OCCURED ON THE SIXTH DAY. MIKE CABLE IS 50 FT LONG. MALE FLEW IN SILENTLY LANDING ON ONE OF THE P 2 ADULT(S); 1 NESTLING(S); MALE(S); FEMALE(S); Sex: UNKNOWNATHS CUT (BY RANGER) THROUGH THE GRASS AND WALKED QUIETLY TO THE NEST. USUALLY THE BIRD ON THE NEST WILL GIVE THE 'SKY CALL' BUT THIS DID NOT. MALE WALKED AROUND THE NEST GIVING 'YAPPING' CALLS (SEE LNS 9230) AND AN OCCASIONAL SKY CALL. CHANGE OVER TO. Other Behaviors: Perform Nest Relief.
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA III
- Microphone
- Altec 688A
- Accessories
Archival information
- Digitized
- 27 Feb 2006 - Martha Fischer