Not a finner, Marty. Strictly "in air" and very, very present. It did
not sound biological in origin. I have talked recently with Roger
Payne about this when he visited a couple of months ago, especially,
lo freq whales. But he, too, seems to be unsure of their vox.
Bernie
>At 12:33 PM 2/4/2005, you wrote:
>>Standing on the shore of Icy Straights (opposite the entrance to
>>Glacier Bay) in Alaska one June evening, 6 of those in the
>>bioacoustic group I was leading were engulfed by this compelling wave
>>of infrasound which we couldn't actually hear but could only feel
>>resonating throughout our bodies. I figure it was somewhere around 12
>>- 14Hz given the periodicity. It was, as they say in the vernacular,
>>an awesome moment. Seemingly coming from everywhere, we had no idea
>>what it was since there was nothing mechanical we could see and the
>>nearest human dwelling was 8 miles across from where we stood. I've
>>heard this phenomenon twice in Alaska. Once in that location. Once on
>>the outer shore of Yakutat.
>>
>>Bernie Krause
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>You are sure it wasn't a nearby Fin Whale? I don't know their June
>ranges. They have been widely reported to shake everything including the
>ground with their 18 Hz (or so) shouting (e.g. c.f. F. Mowat, A Whale for
>the Killing). Roger Payne once told me it is the loudest sound made by any
>animal. Of course all low-pitched sounds cannot be directionally located,
>as the phase differences for small animals like us are near zero. ;^)
>
>-- best regards, Marty Michener
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>Loudspeakers are not birds,
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