Re: Recording Pelagic Bird Calls

Subramanian



In my several years documenting pelagics off the coast of Georgia I never
once heard a vocalization from tube noses.  I believe they are quiet at sea=
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and call only at the nest.  I don't know your arrangements with the boat,
but if there is an abundance of birds in an area you could ask the captain
to cut the engine, drift in the current, and chum the birds in to the side
of the boat with fish parts to see if you catch any  sounds from the birds
other than foraging.  Before you attempt that however, you might turn to
Xeno-Canto and look up the recordings of the birds in question to see where=
,
and when, vocalizations occurred. That site has recordings from over 9600
species.



http://www.xeno-canto.org/



Russ Wigh