Thanks.
On 06-Jul-2016 9:26 PM, "David Darrell-Lambert
[naturerecordists]" <> wrote:
>
>
> My limited experience of pelagic is that most of the birds don=E2=80=99t =
call. 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
> year if they hear anything calling.
>
> Regards
>
> David Darrell-Lambert
> Director
> Bird Brain UK Limited
> Suite 11908
> 20-22 Wenlock Road
> London
> N1 7GU
>
> Company reg 06660127
>
> Mobile 07977 407 550
> Mobile 07500 373 256
>
>
> www.birdbrainuk.com
> twitter.com/birdbrainuk
> sound recordings available here
> http://www.xeno-canto.org/contributor/AYKHDFBYIH
> or https://soundcloud.com/birdbrainuk
> videos available here https://vimeo.com/user8824366
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6 Jul 2016, at 16:44, Subramanian Sankar
> [naturerecordists] <> wrote:
>
>
> 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]" <
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Subramanian
>>
>>
>>
>> In my several years documenting pelagics off the coast of Georgia I neve=
r
>> 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 =
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 t=
o
>> the side of the boat with fish parts to see if you catch any sounds fro=
m
>> the birds other than foraging. Before you attempt that however, you mig=
ht
>> turn to Xeno-Canto and look up the recordings of the birds in question t=
o
>> see where, and when, vocalizations occurred. That site has recordings fr=
om
>> over 9600 species.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.xeno-canto.org/
>>
>>
>>
>> Russ Wigh
>>
>>
>
>
>
|