Natural sound. Female vocalized 'phee-ti-ti' call followed by the male's approach. Male immediately landed on on the female and engaged in copulation. Quieter calls continued throughout the copulatory encounter. The male then flew off and a few moments later returned and perched on a nearby branch. After this the birds preened and were silent for twenty minutes, the remaining duration of my observation. This was the second copulation I observed (see XC316337) and third approach of the male to the female (also XC316338).

Habitat

Light urban lawn adjoining a forest fragment with some large mixed oak-hickory trees.

Editing

Edited in Adobe Audition. Butterworth high-pass filter, order 3, cutoff frequency 2kHz

Equipment

Fostex FR-2 digital recorder with Sennheiser microphone and Telinga pro 22' parabolic reflector.

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One individual was perched in a tall loblolly pine tree, and another hovered in the air above. It appeared the perched bird, likely a juvenile, was the only one vocalizing. Toward the end of this file the call changes to what one might assume is a juvenile call to a parent birds. The perched bird was still there 3 hours later alternately flying and roosting in one of two pine trees.

This recording was made with a Sound Devices 722 with a Sennheiser ME67 microphone. The microphone has low-cut filter turned on. The only alteration other than the removal of human artifacts, is noise reduction in Audacity, which performed well with only one pass.

I have previously recorded this species here. The other is an abysmal recording which I would happily dispose.

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Amplified and changed to Mp3 Adult birds were protecting a juvenile that was sitting in a tree

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Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD

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Natural sound. Female vocalized 'Phee-ti-ti call' as the male approached. Not clear whether he responded to the call or she responded to his approach. Softer vocalizations seemed to be the male's response as he approached the tree. Male landed on a nearby branch as if to offer a food item, but no item was exchanged. The male departed and was seen hunting in the area sometimes circling low overhead of the female. A few minutes earlier the birds had copulated (see XC316337).

Habitat

Light urban lawn adjoining a forest fragment with some large mixed oak-hickory trees.

Editing

Edited in Adobe Audition. Butterworth high-pass filter, order 3, cutoff frequency 2kHz

Equipment

Fostex FR-2 digital recorder with Sennheiser microphone and Telinga pro 22' parabolic reflector.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Four birds circling above the tops of trees. There is a nest high in a pine tree nearby. Two of these birds are likely immatures. They will continue these flights and calling between them until the leave on migration in September. Late date at this location is 21 September

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Calls (in response to the presence of a perched Red-tailed Hawk close nearby) from an agitated territorial adult perched high in a cottonwood tree along Willow Creek in the Arkansas River valley.

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Adult. Lingering migrant. The date is getting late in the season for the species here. Fifth of 8 recordings made. Bird calling in agitation to a juv Red-tailed hawk perched near the top of a dead sycamore. In this recording, the kite left it's concealed perch in the top of a tall, bushy pecan and made six passes at the hawk in side-to-side swinging fashion, nearly touching it each time. The hawk appeared unfazed by this first encounter. The kite returned to the top of the pecan and resumed calling. Urban. Natural. No playback.

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I have had one or more Mississippi Kites roosting or nesting in a large Loblolly Pine on my property all summer. Last year one was there as well. Recently I have seen two. They vocalize regularly, but they are so well hidden it has been difficult for me to point a microphone at them. Furthermore I have not been able to see a nest. They circle the roost/nest no more than 300-400 meters from it. Since migration for this species is only a few weeks away (mid-August) I am assuming that one of these is a hatch-year bird. This one note call is something I do not remember hearing in the past, but I hesitate to ascribe it to a juvenile bird.

A note about the recording I pointed a 24 inch aluminum parabolic microphone in the approximate direction of the birds. The The pick-up is a very small Senal CL-6 omni lapel microphone suspended inside a plastic tube drilled out as an interference tube. I built the unit to use for night migrants from the roof of my house. Directed at the sky it works well. directed elsewhere it picks up background ambient 'noise' and carries a metallic signature. Consequently this recording needed to be cleaned up. The intervals between vocalizations are intact, but I needed to employ equalization by reducing everything 500 and 5K hertz, and then a judicious amount of noise reduction.

bird-seen:yes

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Two or sometimes three kites fly over an unseen nest from which a young bird or two continually calls throughout the day.

bird-seen:yes

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Adult. The second recording after xc278993. Twelve calls, first at 0:16 The bird continued to call concealed in the top of the pecan. A few poor photos made at this time. The juv Red-tailed Hawk also remained perched in the dead sycamore.

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With Bruno Lima

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