The wood frogs started calling hear today. 56F. This is the third
year I have worked these short season callers. I get better every
year. First year was ok segments but not prepared for the volume.=20
Second year was great recordings at 3 feet. This year was better yet
great recordings at 50 feet. These guys are great. Great for 1 week
a year that is.
Rich
--- In Lang Elliott <>
wrote:
> Last night was an incredible Wood Frog night in the hills around
Ithaca. It
> was misty rain and around 45F. I've never heard so many Wood Frogs.
Got some
> nice SASS recordings.
>
> lang
>
> From: "Rich Peet" <>
>
> > I hope by the end of the week to be recording again with the mkh-
> > 110's but ran into trouble with a lot of equipment last week. In
> > fact I am still grounded until I can get a vehicle up again as I
went
> > through two of those last week.
>
> Must be that time, solved my problem today, Ranger 4X4 this time,
tired
> of making my 2wd Ranger do 4X4 duty and it's been getting through
the
> boonies for nearly 200,000 miles. For those in England, I envy the
> availability of a 2.5L diesel 4X4 Ranger there. I had to settle for
a
> 3.0L gas one here with a manual transmission, and that took a bunch
of
> hunting. Ford has switched the 4X4's entirely to the larger 4.0L
engine,
> so could not wait and had to find a good used one. Amazingly it got
> 23.7mpg today driving it home from the dealer half way across the
state.
> Can't wait to get out recording with it in places I turned back
because
> the roads were too bad. Got to stuff it with recording and field
> equipment first. This is the first time I've used the internet for
car
> hunting, and I can recommend it if what you are looking for is
uncommon.
> Though you do have the problem that what you find may be way far
off.
>
> A good vehicle may not seem like nature recording equipment, but it
sure
> is part of it. The number of miles of driving for minutes of
recording
> is pretty high for me with my coverage of a whole state. How's
everyone
> else doing?
>
> Walt
>
>
>
>
> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
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