I sent this off before the Tsunami post off this morning. It got lost
apparently, at least I never received a copy from naturerecordists all day
. . .
>Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 09:04:26 -0500
>To: nature recordists <>
>From: Marty Michener <>
>Subject: Northern Hawk Owl
>
>Hi friends:
>
>Happy New Year! I am just returning after botanizing parts of Cape Cod
>for the three-day weekend, collecting twigs for bud and leaf-scar photos,
>so please forgive the delay in addressing this subject. For the owners of
>EnjoyBirds all this may already be known.
>
>In 1996, I violated my "don't chase" rule and drove two hours up to
>northwestern Vermont, where, per emailed descriptions, I immediately found
>the owl around 2 PM EST. I got out of my car and put the bins on this
>first one I'd ever seen, and several times it flew parallel to the back
>road, from perch to perch, often calling. The bird certainly seemed to
>notice my activities, but was about as active (and as shy) as a typical
>Kestrel, I would say. It certainly is a "day-flying" owl!
>
>So I opened my back door and took out my emergency rig, as described in
>the disc WAV file RIFF "Subject" chunk, below. I pointed the mic at the
>bird, turned it on and got three fairly good calls - each about 0.5
>seconds of ululation (is this why it is called Surnia ulula?), and about a
>half hour later I was smugly driving home. The subject certainly got an
>A+ for cooperation - I never even had to leave the roadway.
>
> From SURULU.WAV on EnjoyBirds disc:
>"Surnia ulula, adult, sex unknown, lone individual on West Street, 0.7 mi
>south of VT Route 125, Middlebury, VT. November 24, 1996, recorded
>with Sennheiser ME-66 with windscreen & bass roll-off set; on Sony
>Cassette recorder TCS0580V, with mic input going separately to both stereo
>inputs."
>
>Good luck with your owl recvording!
>
>-- best regards, Marty Michener
>MIST Software Assoc. Inc., P. O. Box 269, Hollis, NH 03049
>http://www.enjoybirds.com/
>
>Don't blame me, I vote in New Hampshire!
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