RECORDING 1
DATE/TIME: 8/february/2008 (9.10 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: A flock of 55 Cranes is feeding in a wheat field near Braccagni. One of them calls briefly from ground. - POSITION: Farmland near Braccagni, LAT. N. 42°52'/LONG. E 11°02' - ALTITUDE: 5 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: calls from ground - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: there are at least two different call types. - MIC: (P)
recording 1 (116 KB) - * - spectrogram 1 (20 KB)
RECORDING 2
DATE/TIME: 8/february/2008 (8.55 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: Same flock as above in the same place. - POSITION: Farmland near Braccagni, LAT. N. 42°52'/LONG. E 11°02' - ALTITUDE: 5 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: a series of calls from ground. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: note that there are some calls given in duet (see spectrograms). Background: Crested lark. - MIC: (P)
recording 2 (425 KB) - * - spectrogram 2 (55 KB)
RECORDING 3
DATE/TIME: 8/february/2008 (8.45 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: Same flock as above in the same place. Some cranes fly off and soon land nearby. - POSITION: Farmland near Braccagni, LAT. N. 42°52'/LONG. E 11°02' - ALTITUDE: 5 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: flight calls. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: these rattling calls are uttered mainly when landing. Background: wind noise. - MIC: (P)
recording 3 (238 KB) - * - spectrogram 3 (30 KB)
RECORDING 4
DATE/TIME: 8/february/2008 (8.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: Same flock as above in the same place. A new small flock is coming (flying) over the field. After landing, many cranes on the ground call together. - POSITION: Farmland near Braccagni, LAT. N. 42°52'/LONG. E 11°02' - ALTITUDE: 5 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: one bird utters two flight calls and some birds on the ground call together. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: time interval between flight calls (first spectrogram) and ground calls (second spectrogram) has been reduced in the sound sample too. - MIC: (P)
recording 4 (398 KB) - * - spectrogram 4 (55 KB)
RECORDING 5
DATE/TIME: 31/october/2009 (6.45 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: A flock of about 35 Cranes is flying above a marsh. - POSITION: Diaccia Botrona marsh, LAT. N. 42°45'/LONG. E 10°54' - ALTITUDE: 0 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: flight calls of different types. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: at the beginning of the recording there are some calls of an unidentified pipit (Anthus sp. - see spectrograms). - MIC: (P)
recording 5 (722 KB) - * - spectrogram 5 (180 KB)
RECORDING 6
DATE/TIME: 1/november/2013 (3.15 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: A flock of 8 Cranes is flying high above a marsh. - POSITION: Diaccia Botrona marsh, LAT. N. 42°45'/LONG. E 10°54' - ALTITUDE: 0 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: flight calls of different types. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: in this brief cut note that the call types very different from those of the previous recording. - MIC: (P)
recording 6 (261 KB) - * - spectrogram 6 (33 KB)
RECORDING 7
DATE/TIME: 8/december/2013 (3.30 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: A flock of 160 Cranes is on a marsh ground, there are many young birds in the flock. There are also many Greylag geese and some Mallards. - POSITION: Maremma Regional Park, near Alberese, LAT. N. 42°39'/LONG. E 11°01' - ALTITUDE: 0 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: calls on ground. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: There is a foreground bird which calls many times. Background: Greylag geese, Mallards and Cranes. - MIC: (P)
recording 7 (840 KB) - * - spectrogram 7 (100 KB)
RECORDING 8
DATE/TIME: 29/december/2014 (10.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: Two Cranes are flying above an uncultivated and wet land in the S. Rossore National Park. Seven other Cranes are far on ground. - POSITION: S. Rossore National Park, Pisa, LAT. N. 43°41'/LONG. E 10°17' - ALTITUDE: 0 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: flight calls. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: the far seven Cranes on ground call and the flying birds answer (see spectrograms). - MIC: (P)
recording 8 (196 KB) - * - spectrogram 8 (40 KB)
RECORDING 9
DATE/TIME: 31/january/2016 (2.30 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: A flock of about 120 Cranes is feeding on ground in a wheat field. A car approach them and they fly off. - POSITION: Poggiale road near Grosseto, LAT. N. 42°45'/LONG. E 11°03' - ALTITUDE: 5 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: calls on ground and flight calls. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: the original recording was slightly reduced (see spectrogram time axis). Note the many different call types uttered by the birds. Background: anthus sp. - MIC: (P)
recording 9 (730 KB) - * - spectrogram 9 (191 KB)
RECORDING 10
DATE/TIME: 31/january/2016 (4.30 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: Three Cranes are flying above a wheat field. A flock of 45 is on ground in a corner of the same field. - POSITION: Cernaia near Grosseto, LAT. N. 42°47'/LONG. E 11°01' - ALTITUDE: 0 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: flight calls. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: Note the calls of the far Cranes on ground (see spectrograms). Background: Green woodpecker and flapping wing of the flying Crane. - MIC: (P)
recording 10 (711 KB) - * - spectrogram 10 (146 KB)