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Subject: Re: bird song
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 01:33:57 +0100
Ah, interesting!

Klas.

At 13:05 2002-11-29 -0500, you wrote:
>At 03:42 PM 11/29/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>>Swing around with it and he will catch it.
>>
>>As a matter of facts I made a Telinga several years ago with a 300 Ohm 1
>>inch loudspeaker, which could be used both as a mic and speaker. I wouldn't
>>say the recording quality was that good, but not that bad either. Very
>>practical.
>>
>>Klas.
>
>That is, according to my theory, exactly what a male calling Peacock does:
>
>He swings his tail around behind him, facing his competition, and pointing 
>his parabola at potential (or heard) competitors, and shrieks his several 
>millewatt call at its focal point, thus beaming his maleness at a specific 
>direction through the dense vegetation.  Of course the theory would be 
>helped immensely if anyone had ever showed that the rump feathers (aka 
>tail) could and do reflect sound . . . ;^)
>
>Saludos,
>
>Marty Michener
>MIST Software Associates
>PO Box 269, Hollis, NH 03049
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