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Re: loud up&down Barred owl scream/clucking recorded at swamp in MD 10/3

Subject: Re: loud up&down Barred owl scream/clucking recorded at swamp in MD 10/31, 3:30am; could i email
From: Doug Von Gausig <>
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 10:18:30 -0700
At 10:14 AM 11/8/2003, Rip Lyttle wrote:
>the group an mp3 file for a quick listen? or could i pass the edited 40
>second mp3 file (or upload it somewhere) to the group or does that bog down
>the list? Have folks recorded this up and down call before?
>I've heard barred owl juveniles challenge our tents camping before with
>booming clucking but have never heard this up and down funny leering whistle
>till this fall.  It's certainly seems like an alarm call.
>The bird couldn't have been more than 100' away tops. I was hiding in my van
>as usual. I did record a similar owl scream (3 consecutive screams) around
>midnight in West Virginia 4 weeks ago as well. And I'm assuming they're
>Barred but's that's because of the clucking afterward. maybe they are Great
>Horned? Are Barred's known for this up and down cat call?
>It does seem when you save to mp3 some highs and lows are clipped? i'm a
>real novice on all my editing, saving, transferring files.
>my passion is capturing nightime wildlife sounds. all the really great calls
>I've heard, of course, the recorder wasn't on or there were technical
>problems! or the days i couldn't afford tape-still here, really. and night
>time wildlife taping has really cut into my beer drinkin' cause of the
>falling asleep thing, hah!
>great to be listening in to this knowledgeable crowd.
>could i ask the group what's the cleanest way of saving and emailing audio
>files? I'm using Adobe Audition.
>Thank you. hope not to bore. kinda proud of catching that scream though. Had
>the mic on top of the van.
>The big bird was saying hello.

You can send me the file (try to keep it under 500K or so, if possible) and 
I'll upload it to the group binary files site.

Doug

Doug Von Gausig
Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
Moderator
Nature Recordists e-mail group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists



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