ML232827071
Contributor
Wil Hershberger Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Wood Song, 1.5 km WSW of Johnsontown
Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2
- Sounds
- Call; Mechanical sound
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
Behavior and other notes: Adult Blue Jay giving "pump-handle" calls. Shortly after it landed and started calling, a conspecific landed near it and began hammering at the twigs it was sitting on with its bill. The other bird only made non-vocal sounds. Recording Time: 0601 (UTC -4). Temperature 2C. Habitat: mixed deciduous woods. Distance to sound source: 12 meters. Specific location: Wood Song, Berkeley Co., WV. Latitude 39.575464, Longitude -78.056623. Elevation 156 meters. ID’d by sight and sound; ID confidence 100%. Equipment notes: Recorder HPF on at 80Hz, -12dB/octave.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Sound Device 702
- Microphone
- Senn. MKH8020
- Accessories
- 30” Roche Parabola
- Original file size
- 39.26 MB