Bird calling from lower branch of tree in wooded garden near remnant forest. Recording amplified and high pass filters applied to reduce traffic noise.

Song given whilst perched on post in hotel garden, at top of steep slope.

bird-seen:yes

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recorded in the early morning by chege Zachariah

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Bird calling from lower branch of tree in wooded garden near remnant forest. Recording extracted from camera video. Amplified and high pass filters applied to reduce traffic noise using Audacity.

bird-seen:no

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Song given whilst perched on post in hotel garden, on at top of steep slope. Same bird as featured in  XC474293,  XC474295 and  XC474296. This bird put on a stunning display for three consecutive nights, being approachable down to c5 feet as he intermittently sang and hunted from a 6-7 foot high, bare metal post in the small hotel garden above the cliff. The bird was mainly present from just after dusk to c2100 but at least once returned and resumed singing in the early hours of the morning.

bird-seen:yes

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Montane Nightjar, a nocturnal bird that likes sitting on electric transmission cables and high up on trees about 8m high. Sings continuously for several minutes at intervals of some hours throughout the night. Identified for me by Ornithologist, Dr. Peter Njoroge.

bird-seen:yes

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Sudden delivery of two song phrases after long period of silence whilst bird perched on post in hotel garden, at top of steep slope. Same individual as featured in XC474293.

bird-seen:yes

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Volume increase and high pass applied using Audacity. Also, applied a Stop band filter.

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This bird call is recorded in the suburbs. It seems like the bird sits in thick, dense tree cover, but the trees are only ~10-20ft in height. It may actually be that the bird is positioned on the ground in shrubs below the tree and the sound is being projected upward.

No filtering, bird calls take place initially after sunset (19:00), usually at a distance and then the calls cease until several hours later (23:00). They stop for some time until the very early morning before or during sunrise.

Thank you Jonathon Jongsma and Rory Nefdt for the reference and help identifying.

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