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Date: Wed Jul 6, 2016 8:56 am ((PDT))
My limited experience of pelagic is that most of the birds don=E2=80=99t ca=
ll. I have heard gulls and terns calling which they seem to do regardless =
of where they are but stuff like auks or shearwaters never seem to call. I=
will ask the question of some seabird surveyors who spends months at sea y=
ear if they hear anything calling.
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> On 6 Jul 2016, at 16:44, Subramanian Sankar [naturereco=
rdists] <> wrote:
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> Hi Russ
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> 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 m=
ay be some recordings of offshore calls. I am intrigued that these birds ar=
e quiet outside their breeding grounds. If so how do they communicate? The =
idea is worth pursuing I think.
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> Cheers
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> Subramanian Sankar
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> On 06-Jul-2016 5:06 PM, " <=
t> [naturerecordists]" < <naturereco=
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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 se=
a, and call only at the nest. I don=E2=80=99t know your arrangements with =
the boat, but if there is an abundance of birds in an area you could ask th=
e 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 s=
ee where, and when, vocalizations occurred. That site has recordings from o=
ver 9600 species.
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> http://www.xeno-canto.org/ <http://www.xeno-canto.org/>
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> Russ Wigh
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