tomjenner
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I have just returned from Khovsgul Lake in northern Mongolia where I flushed a male capercaillie without good enough views to identify it with certainty. However, the vocalizations that attracted me to it were very distinctive and I was hoping that someone can help me identify it. It sounded like two wooden sticks being banged together in a distinctive rhythm (my brother felt it was more like a clicking sound). It was clearly a vocalization and different to the sound of a woodpecker, especially the distinctive and repeated rhythm. In reading about Western Capercaillie I have come across descriptions of a champagne cork sound, which is clearly different to what I heard. We later heard a second bird making the same sound, but we could not locate it. At least this means it must be a reasonably common call to make. Any comments would be most welcome.
Tom
Tom