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ML208071711

Common Merganser Mergus merganser

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Contributor

Bob Nieman Media from this contributor Profile

Date

7 Feb 2020 eBird checklist S64212980

Location

Bitter Lake NWR--OxBow
Chaves, New Mexico, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 33.416476, -104.408372
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Flying
Sounds
Flight call
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

Mergansers that took off and then flew by the other way. Multiple birds flying, only one appeared to be calling (male?). Noisy place to record-lots of planes and traffic noise

Additional species

  • Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata

Technical information

Recorder
Sound Devices MixPre-3 II
Microphone
Wildtronics Professional Mono Parabolic Microphone
Accessories
Wildtronics 22" Feather-light Parabola
Original file size
4.24 MB

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