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RE: Re: Flammulated owl ( at Murderers Creek)

Subject: RE: Re: Flammulated owl ( at Murderers Creek)
From: "Martyn Stewart" <>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:20:00 -0700
<<<<<Although I recorded about 20 minutes of the owl, I was dismayed to
find while reviewing the recordings when I got home, that at about one
minute into the recording (around 11pm) the cowboys down the road
fired up a generator to charge up their portable electric fence
system.>>>>>>>

Couldn't you just throw up when that happens!!
Last month in Big Bend I took sound readings  of around 20-25db and feeling
very optimistic, I set out on a 6 miles walk up the Chisos Mountains in
search of the Colima Warbler, about 4 miles into the hike, I heard the firs=
t
Colima, feeling great about the general quietness, I dived into my gear to
set it all up and BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMMPPPPHHHHHH A bloody motorbike
convoy came shooting through the desert about 10 miles away and echoed like
a jack hammer, of course when the bird stopped vocalizing it went back to
the calmness again..... I could have taken out a bazooka (ooopps) I mean I
said to myself oh heck, what a shame :)

E-mail me privately for the real response :)

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: 
 On Behalf Of John Hartog
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:47 PM
To: 
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Flammulated owl ( at Murderers Creek)

We stayed at Murderers Creek Work Center - the owl was about half a
mile up stream. I can get you the coordinates if you want them.

Here is the URL for the cabin reservations and directions.
http://www.reserveusa.com/jsp/commonpage.jsp?goto=3D/nrrs/or/mcwc/newindex.=
htm
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Although I recorded about 20 minutes of the owl, I was dismayed to
find while reviewing the recordings when I got home, that at about one
minute into the recording (around 11pm) the cowboys down the road
fired up a generator to charge up their portable electric fence system.


--- In  "Martyn Stewart" <>
wrote:
> Where did you record the Flammulated owl John? I have been looking for
> another one of those buggers for ever!! I recorded a faint one in the
> Klamath Mountains a few years ago but not to my standard, they are
fairly
> hard to get in my book..
>
> 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




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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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