We have some squirrel monkeys, Doug. But the recordings won't tell
you much about range since the high end limit of our equipment was/is
about 18kHz (combo of mics and DAT).
Bernie Krause
>Congratulations to Bill Rankin, Vicky Powys, Syd Curtis and David Rentz on
>excellent articles on Orthopteran (grasshopper/cicada/katydid, etc.)
>recordings in the latest "Audio Wings" newsletter. Audio Wings is the
>newsletter of the Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group. The newslette=
r
>also has great articles on building your own windscreen (Rich Peet, Vicky,
>Jenny Beasley).
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>For more info on joining the group, contact Fred Van Gessel
> - it's well worth it!
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>The insect recording info was timely for me, as I'm trying to help a
>primatologist determine the reasons for the extended hearing ranges
>(30,000Hz+) of the Owl Monkey and Squirrel Monkeys. It seems that these
>insectivorous monkeys may need the extended range to find their orthoptera=
n
>prey.
>
>If you have recordings of either monkey species and can get to them easily=
,
>we need some to check their vocal range.
>
>Doug
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>Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
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