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RE: King Rail vs. Virginia Rail

Subject: RE: King Rail vs. Virginia Rail
From: "Martyn Stewart" <>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:43:35 -0800
Which ever way you look at it Walt, we are a cruel animal, one that does not
deserve a lot of things because we do not know how to respect things.

We don't have a Pandora's box here on this planet and one day, we will find
the fields empty and the marshes dry. Then we will go to Bernie's archives
to hear how a Mallard once used to sound :-(

 

Martyn

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From: Walter Knapp  
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 6:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] King Rail vs. Virginia Rail

 

From: "Martyn Stewart" <>


> Tell me Lang this isn't true? I would never harm an animal, bird 
> just for the benefit of a recording or picture! It makes a mockery 
> of everything that is said about playback and all!
> So go on, it was a joke yes?

I've seen Lang work a site. The birds probably lined up and called 
properly for him because they were tired of his trips out into the marsh 
to get his mics positioned just right for the perfect soundfield. The 
pairs drew straws for which pair would do it. ;-)

It is, on a more serious note, something for those who propose outlawing 
playback. Used to be beaters or herders or worse were used to get the 
animals where the tourists could see them. Playback was found to be 
easier and cheaper...







"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg 






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