XC795766 Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) (original) (raw)

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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus · call, flight call

Thomas Bergman

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SNR: 59 dB(ISO/ITU)

Recorded:

• call, whoop whoop, at e.g. 0:03.6, 0:25.8 and 0:42.2

General observations: Open waterway between land and ice in a large inland lake. Twentyfive whooper swans rest on the ice edge. Three of them fly south and then turn-around and go straight past the recordist to continue west. Partly cloudy. Temperature: -2°C/28.4°F. Easterly light breeze.

Sound classification and rendering: Cramp, S. and Simmons, K. E. L. (ed.) (1977) The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Other distinguishable species:

• Common Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, song, at e.g. 0:11.1 and 0:18
• Western Jackdaw, Corvus monedula, call, at 0:22.3
• unidentified, call, si-u si-u, at 0:33.1

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Citation

Thomas Bergman, XC795766. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/795766.

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