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RE: Re: California forest and desert locations

Subject: RE: Re: California forest and desert locations
From: "Martyn Stewart" <>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:49:46 -0700
<<Recordists and folks w/ lots of "funny" equipment are occasionally subject
to suspicion and a certain expression of fear - especially by some locals -
given the Partiot Act and climate outside of the general weather. Stay alert
'cause it ain't the western diamondback rattlers you need to be aware
of.>>>>

Good grief Bernie, are them there hics out there too? Ah spit!!

Martyn

Martyn Stewart
Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
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Redmond. Washington. USA
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425-898-0462

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From: 
 On Behalf Of Wild Sanctuary
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 6:57 AM
To: 
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: California forest and desert locations

Depending on what you want to get in the desert, the best California 
location I've found is in and around the Granite Mtns abt 70 miles 
west of Needles on Hwy 40. Take the Kelbaker Rd. north about 8 miles 
to the top of Granite Pass. At the top you'll see a 
telecommunications relay tower on your right (to the east of the 
road). Just across is an unmaintained dirt road (4WD that doesn't 
high-center is recommended). There are many campsights off to the 
south of the road against the Granites (if you want a fire, bring 
your own wood supply). All maintained as part of the new Kelso 
national park system, the campsights are unregulated but accessible 
within easy walking distance of either mountain desert habitats with 
lots of critter life, or the desert, itself (part of the Mojave 
ecosystem) within hiking distance of the campsights off to the north 
and west. To the north about 10 miles are the Kelso Dunes, one of the 
sites in the desert SW where you can record the dunes singing 
assuming conditions are right and you have the right transducers (a 
pair of good PZM mics or hydrophones in ziploc bags of water buried 
in the sand in order to get the infrasound component at around 10Hz). 
Best window to record is between late March and May. There's also a 
National Park Service visitor center north of the dunes on the 
Kelbaker Rd at Kelso where we've just installed a couple of 
soundscapes representing the desert in that area. It is scheduled to 
be open sometime in August of this year.

As for forest: that depends on what type. The coastal range of the 
Los Padres between Big Sur and Cambria can be lovely - especially the 
Ventana Wilderness area. Inland from San Luis Obispo and NE of Santa 
Maria on the eastern side of the Los Padres Nat. Forest are a couple 
of wilderness areas that can be pretty great depending on season and 
weather. One is the La Panza Range within which is the Machesna Mtn 
Wilderness area and consists of mixed coniferous, oak and scrub oak 
forest. Take food and prepare to camp. The roads are sometimes iffy. 
4WD for any off-road recommended and watch for private property 
signs. Recordists and folks w/ lots of "funny" equipment are 
occasionally subject to suspicion and a certain expression of fear - 
especially by some locals - given the Partiot Act and climate outside 
of the general weather. Stay alert 'cause it ain't the western 
diamondback rattlers you need to be aware of.

Bernie



>Desert and Forest.
>
>>In what type of biome do you want to record, Michael? Desert,
>>riparian, coastal, scrub, forest, etc.?
>>
>>Bernie Krause
>>
>>>I was wondering if anyone could recommend some good recording locales
>>>in southern california.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>>A listening room is not nature."
>>>Klas Strandberg
>>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Wild Sanctuary
>>P. O. Box 536
>>Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>>t. 707-996-6677
>>f. 707-996-0280
>>http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>>
>>
>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


-- 
Wild Sanctuary
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
t. 707-996-6677
f. 707-996-0280
http://www.wildsanctuary.com


"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg 
Yahoo! Groups Links



 







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