Rich,
The birds must have been as restless as you on that night to be
making all the sounds at midnight. I don't think you was very
concerned for your safety because your foot steps sound very
regular. And the crooker would just be one of those bumps in the
dark for me, it doesn't sound too large though.
Gerald White Muscatine, IA
--- In "Rich Peet" <>
wrote:
>
> Thank you everyone for the owl info on and off list. It will help
a lot.
>
> We are lucky to have a large wilderness area in MN with no lights
and
> no low planes allowed. It also has more breeding birds than
anywhere
> else in the US. Search under boundry waters canoe area for more
info
> and let me know if you come to visit.
>
> I don't carry a flashlight when walking in the woods at night as I
> want to be grabbing for the mic when something happens and not a
> light. I understand that the led lights are small and work well
and
> should get one.
>
> I don't know if I shared this story with this group or not but as
an
> illustration I link this 2 meg download that is not great quality.
>
> It was a dark and stormy night and I was walking along a lake
shore at
> about midnight. Then something came out of the water behind me. In
> seconds I figured out they were also in front of me and buckthorn
to
> my side so I couldn't run. I turned on the mic and this is the
first
> recording I ever got of these guys. They decided to let me live.
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~richpeet/0120.01.mp3
> Rich
>
>
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