I went in search of the New Year's party and the best gathering I
could find in this city was at a small pond that is the last open
water in the area. About 1000 ducks using it and one little boy with
4 loaves of bread.
I gave up trying to edit the city out of this recording of city ducks.
just dem ducs
1.5 meg download
http://home.comcast.net/~richpeet/1-1-04.mp3
Rich
--- In Vicki Powys <>
wrote:
>
> At first light here in Australia, summertime, 1st January 2004, the
Razor
> Grinder cicadas began their usual roaring, and I went out and
recorded them
> from my front verandah.
>
> This is a species of cicada that choruses at dawn and dusk. They
chorus in
> unison, starting soft then gradually reaching a crescendo then
slowly
> subsiding again; each cycle lasts about half a minute I guess. Not
a
> beautiful sound, but a spectacular and fascinating one. A few
birds tried
> to chime in but it was hard to hear them over the din of the
cicadas.
>
> What a contrast to last summer's drought when all was silent.
>
> The sound of cicadas always makes me think - another scorcher
coming up!
> Maybe it will reach 40 degrees C today, that's quite hot.
>
> Happy New Year to you all, say the cicadas!
>
>
> Vicki Powys
> Capertee Valley, NSW
> Australia
>
> PS there's a good web site for Aussie cicadas, take note Greg!=20
Lindsay
> Popple has excellent pictures and sounds for many species. Click
on the
> link:
>
> http://www.zen.uq.edu.au/entomology/ins-info/
>
>
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>
>
> on 1/1/04 1:52 AM, Wild Sanctuary at wrote:
>
> > At first light today (about 15 minutes ago), while walking to the
> > studio, the sound of a pair of great horned owls greeted me from
our
> > oak forest in the quiet between the winter storms we've been
having
> > this past week. It's the only pre-dawn critter sound in these here
> > parts at the moment. I suspect they were sending New Years
greetings
> > to all the nature recordists. I'm just passing along their
sentiment
> > to all.
> >
> > Bernie Krause
> >
> > Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
> > P. O. Box 536
> > Glen Ellen, California 95442-0536
> > Tel: (707) 996-6677
> > Fax: (707) 996-0280
> > http://www.wildsanctuary.com
> >
> >
>
> >
> >
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