ML463875351
Contributor
Magdalena Z Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Atlas square 17TNJ36 - Wellington County, 17TNJ36: 43.96339, -80.57945
Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1; Juvenile, Unknown sex - 7
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
babies making "pee-eep" calls while attempting to swim to the other side of the creek; one parent calling and prompting them from the other side
Observation details
Both parents and 7 following them chicks (covered in black natal down) were observed crossing the road, disappearing into vegetation and then swimming across the creek. I heard the adults and the chicks making frequent calls. The high pitched "pee-eep" calls of the chicks were heard almost constantly. The adults would frequently grunt and click. Plenty of contact calling. A few chicks lagged behind but eventually managed to get across and joined the rest.
Technical information
- Recorder
- LS11 Olympus
- Microphone
- wildtronics mono-stereo
- Accessories
- 22" parabola
- Original file size
- 12.12 MB