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Re: Recording Pelagic Bird Calls

Subject: Re: Recording Pelagic Bird Calls
From: "Subramanian Sankar" subbush
Date: Wed Jul 6, 2016 8:44 am ((PDT))
Hi Russ

Thank you for your suggestions. Almost all the pelagic bird calls in
Xeno-Canto belong to nesting birds. However there is a slim chance that
there may be some recordings of offshore calls. I am intrigued that these
birds are quiet outside their breeding grounds. If so how do they
communicate? The idea is worth pursuing I think.

Cheers

Subramanian Sankar

On 06-Jul-2016 5:06 PM, " [naturerecordists]" <
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> Subramanian
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> 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, and call only at the nest.  I don=E2=80=99t know your arrangements w=
ith 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 migh=
t
> 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 fro=
m
> over 9600 species.
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> http://www.xeno-canto.org/
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> Russ Wigh
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