Martin - there is always a crowd of people there for the show and
the noise will only get worse. As word of mouth spreads so will
the crowd. Of course if it starts raining, that will clear out most
of the people, but not the cars or planes. I'll ask around - there
might be another site around that's better for recording.
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
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> -----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
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