Rich Peet wrote:
>For those with XP. Free upgrade on line.
>The new Windows Media Player 10 appears well worth spending some time
>with.
I don't find it in the Microsoft download area.
-Dan Dugan
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
>From Tue Mar 8 18:27:32 2005
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:50:25 -0000
From: "John Hartog" <>
Subject: Re: Vaux's Swifts with wine and cheese
Just a quick follow up.
I wrote:
> I'll ask around - there
> might be another site around that's better for recording.
Besides Chapman school, I found two other chimneys in
Portland where the swifts are currently congregating in large
numbers. One at Duniway School in SE Portland and the other
in N Portland at a building apparently occupied by Mackin's Auto
Body.
The Duniway site is quieter, but the closest you can get to the
chimney enterance is about 70 feet. The Mackin's auto body site
is better for recording because you can get fairly close to the
chimney entrance - about 30 feet. However, there is a lot of
noise from cars and busses.
To find the site, look up 8026 N Denver Ave, 97217 - the address
for Mackin's Auto Body office. The chimney is in a building
across the street to the north. Maybe you could contact them and
gain access to the roof: 503-289-9851. Expect to be set up
before 6:30 pm to catch all the action.
I recorded them on sept 16th using a telinga dish and a sony
ECM-MS907. After filtering a lot of trafic noise the recording still
sounds kinda noisy. I will post a snippet when I return next week.
John hartog
> --- In "Martyn Stewart"
> <> wrote:
> >
>
<http://www.hevanet.com/rockscallop/040908_Vaux'sPartySwift.
> mp3>
> >
> > Is there this many people there as recorded all the time
john? I
> would love
> > to go down there and record this but not with that amount of
> noise
> > pollution.
> > Good recording anyway, gives the atmosphere of the place.
> >
> > Martyn
> >
> > Martyn Stewart
> > Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
> > http://www.naturesound.org
> > N47.65543 W121.98428
> > Redmond. Washington. USA
> > Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
> >
> > 425-898-0462
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Hartog
> > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:19 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Vaux's Swifts with wine and
> cheese
> >
> > Let me try this again: somehow it got all split up when I
pasted
> it
> > in.
> >
> > This is what it sounds like when thousands of Vaux's Swifts
> > finally begin their daily funnel down the furnace chimney at
> > Chapman School in Portland Oregon.
> >
>
http://www.hevanet.com/rockscallop/040908_Vaux'sPartySwift.m
> > p3
> >
> > This daily party happens every September here in Portland
just
> > after sunset for about three weeks. If you are interested in
> > attending, it is advised by many that you stop at Food Front
> Coop
> > on Thurman street on the way and pick up a bottle of wine
and
> > some food and show up early. I doubt drinking is legal in the
> > park, but you will blend in if you pick a spot amongst the
> regulars
> > close to the Audubon Society of Portland's Swift Watch table.
> >
> > For more information about the Vaux's Swifts in Portland plus
a
> > photo of the chimney at Chapman Park try the Audubon
Society
> > of Portland's web site:
> > http://www.audubonportland.org/living/prevent/vaux.php
> >
> > John Hartog
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Microphones are not ears,
> > Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > A listening room is not nature."
> > Klas Strandberg
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
|