Vicki Powys wrote:
> Rich and All,
>
> Wow Rich, I love your train recording! Took a while to download but it was
> worth it. Also the Quicktime player wouldn't play it, I had to drag the mp3
> file into iTunes, then it did play. Is this an example of your 'block-head'
> stereo with the two ME 64s? Presumably to Sharp minidisc? It's lovely,
> very "airy" and spacious! Now I'm going to listen again....
>
> Vicki Powys
> Australia
>
>
>
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> on 24/1/03 9:16 AM, Rich Peet <> at
> wrote:
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>>"Amtrak said on Wednesday it would need up to $10 billion in federal
>>subsidies over the next five years to run its network of trains and
>>repair its crumbling infrastructure." Having spent much time and
>>effort listening and trying to keep a distance from this endangered
>>creature I thought I would share it. Maybe this will help us avoid
>>the highspeed trains that the birds don't have a chance of
>>outflying. My GPS recorded the highspeed train in Spain this month
>>at a max of 170 mph.
>>
>>Recorded without the use of playback and from a safe 1 mile distance
>>to not effect its behavior as it worked its way up the Mississippi
>>river valley in MN. latenight 8/02.
There are a few tourist steam trains left around here. I should get out
and try recording this even more endangered species with the
SASS/MKH-110. Especially if I can find a vantage point for a climbing grade.
One of my early memories is flying out the back of my Grandparents door,
down the garden path, past the chicken house and out the back gate. All
to watch, listen to and feel the passage of the steam freight trains.
From close range, less than 20' from the tracks, they were not shy or
easily scared. A diesel just does not have the impressiveness of a big
steam freight loco pulling a grade under load. These days we have to
settle for the small steam loco's pulling tourists. I don't think steam
was necessarily louder, or shook the ground more than diesel, but there
was the smoke, cinders, and clouds of steam. And a steam whistle. At my
grandparents, we were in town, so the trains were not moving fast
because of all the rail crossings. They were also in a cut that
concentrated their sound and fury. From my Grandparents house you would
only see the smoke blasting up. Sometimes as many as three linked locos.
To get the full effect you had to make it out there. I started making
that trip as soon as I could toddle, often my grandfather scooping me up
to make it.
It's more than animals going extinct.
Walt
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:23:14 2005
Message: 13
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:21:56 -0500
From: Walter Knapp <>
Subject: Re: Tree hole frog calls in Borneo
Wild Sanctuary wrote:
> For those into frogs, check this URL out. Scroll down the page until
> you get to Tree Hole frogs from Borneo. It's a large MP3 file but
> worth it.
>
> Bernie Krause
>
> http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/archives/02-03/dec07.html
>
This also was featured on PBS's "All things considered" several weeks ago.
I'm not sure it's as unique as they think. I've been observing Gray
Treefrogs choosing calling sites, and they certainly choose
acoustically. Though they don't tune their frequency.
There was another frog that I found even more interesting. A frog that
can call for over 12 hours continuously without repeating his calls. And
appears to do it partially by using two vocal sacs independently:
http://www.nature.com/nsu/020708/020708-2.html
Wish I had the resources to go and record him.
Walt
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