Drum
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
fish: see croaker.
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Croaker - member of the abundant and varied family Sciaenidae, carnivorous, spiny-finned fishes including the weakfishes, the drums, and the whitings.
Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)
Other Names Redfish, Rat Red, Bull Red, Or Just "Red" Description The most distinguishing mark on the red drum is one large black spot on the upper part of the tail base.
Red Drum
The red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), also know as channel bass, redfish, puppy drum or just red, is a game fish that is found from Massachusetts down to Florida and from Florida to Northern Mexico.
Red Drum: Sciaenops ocellatus
Appearance:
Redfish are easily recognized by the spot or spots at the base of their tails.
Drum are abundant in much of Minnesota and are in no danger of overharvest.
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They drum and give a cat-like call in spring to declare ownership of territory.
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Fish (Drum Fish)
Collects underwater sound vibrations with an air bladder. The signals are then sent from the air bladder to the "weberian apparatus" in the middle ear and then to the inner ear.
Territory: Males drum and establish their first territories from about 6 months to 1.5 years of age.
Pogonias cromis, Black Drum
Pogonoperca punctata, Spotted Soapfish
Pomacanthus maculosus, Yellowbar Angelfish
Pomacanthus semicirculatus, Semicircle Angelfish
Pomacanthus sexstriatus, Sixbar Angelfish
Pomacanthus asfur, Arabian Angelfish ...
Over 300 birds, high on marijuana, fight as thousands of spectators goad them with drum beats and cymbals at the annual harvest festival in Hajo village, 30 km west of Guwahati. (more)
Birdlife assesses tsunami's impact on wildlife. (more) ...
The columellar apparatus, or auditory chain of ossicles (fig. 16), extending between the fenestra ovalis and the tympanic membrane or drum, consists of (I) the long and slen der columella, a straight, ...
Early in April, the Ruffed Grouse begins to drum immediately after dawn, and again towards the close of day.
They have a short head and snout and a very conspicuous ear-drum. They are usually leaf-green with dark gray to brown roundish blotches, and also can have small lemon-yellow spots scatterd around the roundish blotches.
They will also stomp noisily on a perch and use a stick or nut to drum loudly on a hollow log.
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Green woodpeckers seldom 'drum'on trees as do others species of woodpeckers; however, they are more likely to do this in the breeding season between April and August.
This can be felt by the sensitive skin of an elephant's feet and trunk, which pick up the resonant vibrations much as the flat skin on the head of a drum.
Females drum if they are receptive. Most courtship is recognized through phermonal or chemical messaging. Prior to breeding, the male approaches the female cautiously.
Most of the usable portions (the best cuts come from the thigh and the larger muscles of the drum or lower leg) are, like other poultry, dark meat; ...
After breeding, the hen moves on to begin nesting while the male continues to drum and breed with additional females. The nest is likely to be located in a pan shaped depression at the base of a tree or in a small clump of brush.
Like the other woodpeckers, Greens do drum, but their drumming is neither so resonant nor harsh as the other two species, nor as frequent - they rely on their laugh to demarcate their territory.
Male Northern Flickers drum to attract potential mates in the spring. In my suburban community, where dead trees (called snags) are rare, male flickers prefer to drum on light standards.
Only the dominant male would strut and drum on the ground. The average dominant male that courted as part of a pair fathered six more eggs than males that courted alone.
To drum on the floor with scurrying hoofs
And brush the mow with the summer load.
The birds that came to it through the air
At broken windows flew out and in,
Their murmur more like the sigh we sigh
From too much dwelling on what has been.
Some species drum on trees to communicate to other woodpeckers and as a part of their courtship behavior. Woodpeckers tap an estimated 8,000-12,000 times per day. Some species require very specific conditions for their home.
Equetus punctatus
Common name: spotted drum
Photo by Mark Rosenstein / Active Window Productions, Inc.
Juvenile, photographed in Belize.
Photo by Mark Rosenstein / Active Window Productions, Inc.
The Green Woodpecker spends much of its time feeding on ants on the ground and does not often 'drum' on trees like other woodpecker species. It is a shy bird but usually draws attention with its loud calls.
Its diet includes small amphibians; small fish such as anchovies, drum, and killifish; crustaceans such as crayfish and crabs; and insects such as bees, dragonflies, flies, and grasshoppers.
These beautiful deer are hunted by local people, primarily for their meat, although their hides are sometimes used for drum-skins and their antlers for decoration (7).
Some neotomines communicate with ultrasounds (Smith 1972), and they occasionally drum their front feet rapidly on the ground when alarmed.
Like other Campephilus woodpeckers, its drum sounds like a double tap.
There is an illustration in Hilty & Brown, Plate 22.
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When searching for food the male will drum on trees to let other group members know the direction to travel. Pant-hooting is the most common adult call.
Yellow bellied sapsuckers tap trees in a distinctive rhythm but do
not drum. They drill parallel rows of small holes in live trees, then
return to feed on sap and small insects.
Senses: Although the snake has no external ears, it "hears" by sensing vibrations that ripple through its skin, resonating through its skull to an inner ear drum.
(6) Behavior: In the spring, adult males often display (fan their tail) and strut. They may also beat or drum their wings, and gobble and cluck. Hens may occasionally display, but typically do not strut or gobble.
Rabbits use their hind feet to drum alarm signals to communal residents when attacked by their chief enemies - man, weasel, rat, raven, crow, hawk, seagull. Rabbits have a keen sense of smell and hearing.
Woodpeckers are known for tapping on tree trunks in order to find insects living in crevices in the bark and to excavate nest cavities. Some species drum on trees to communicate to other woodpeckers and as a part of their courtship behavior.
Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens): Brown or green; large, light-edged dark spots between light-color dorsolateral ridges - ridges continuous to groin; upper jaw stripe; no spot on ear drum.
The cock sometimes utters a call that sounds like "e-moo." During mating the hen makes dull rattling sounds that sound like drum beats. They sometimes make hissing or grunting sounds.
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The vertical movement of the rock beneath the Museum is recorded on the seismograph's spinning drum. The first arrow indicates the arrival of the shock waves from the earthquake (#1). Arrows #2 and #3 are aftershocks.
Gorillas scream, grab foliage and stuff it in their mouths, stand erect on their hind legs, tear up and throw plants, drum on the chest with hands or fists, stamp their feet, ...
he's good at repeating his name and singing beautiful melodies when you drum or sing for him. He has a special bond with me, but especially my grandmother who he sees as his mother.
The best time to look for it is in spring when it is active and there are not too many leave on the trees, and when it is likely to call and drum.
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When disturbed, individuals thump or drum their hindfeet, possibly to communicate territorial ownership.
Term used to describe both the behavior and sound created when a woodpecker (Aves: Piciformes) taps on trees or other structures with its bill while foraging or for individual recognition. Also describes male groose behavior when they drum their ...
maintain contact and communicate effectively with one another in their heavily forested habitat. These vocalizations include a variety of cries, whistles, grunts, and screeches. They will also stomp noisily on a perch and use a stick or nut to drum ...
both sexes of larger Malay mouse deer regularly mark their territories with urine, feces, and secretions from an intermandibular gland under the chin. They tame readily, but are very delicate creatures. When agitated, larger Malay mouse deer drum on ...
stretch their neck up, bill pointed towards the sky, and sway from side to side as if imitating waving reeds.
They use resounding calls to communicate. These eerie calls have earned them many nicknames: stake-driver, thunder-pumper, and mire-drum.
 See also: Woodpecker, Fly, Shell, Shrimp, Perch
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