Kelp Gull Vocalizations Summary (St. Mary's County, MD)

Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 05:32:05 -0500 

    To my knowledge (please send me additions and corrections), the
following is a summary of the vocalizations of the Kelp Gull:
    *    2/17--before 7:10 a.m., 20 seconds of staccato "bup, bup, bup,"
                 while sitting
    *    2/19--between 4:20 and 4:30 p.m., several separate sets of
                higher-pitched feeding calls while flying (Tyler Bell and I
                have this on tape, along with howing winds noises...)
    *    2/20--around 9(-ish?) a.m., "sea lion-like" barking for several
                seconds, while seating
    *    2/21--around 2(-ish?) p.m., Kelp Gull "grunted" for a couple of
                seconds while seated, as Paul Gueris (sp) chummed
                cookies out for it, within approx. 20 feet of the bird.
    *    2/21--around 3 p.m., Kelp Gull gave one single squawk when
                it drove a ring-billed gull off a favorite piling.


Jane Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California, Maryland

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