Sennheiser ME-67 Long Shotgun with lite foam windscreen to a Sony
MZR90 Minidisc
Rich
--- In "Jerry Berrier"
<> wrote:
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> Rich,
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> What mic were you recording with that night?
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>
>
> Jerry Berrier, Shrewsbury, MA
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> 508-845-9944
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> http://www.townisp.com/~jerry.berrier
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Rich Peet
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 11:26 AM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Eastern Screech Owl
>
> 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
> --- In Debbi B <> wrote:
> >
> > As one who likes to hike at night (with a red flashlight, if at all),
> > I've found a few websites of interest.
> >
> >
> > This site in particular has quite a lot of links relating to the
> > environmental impacts:
> > http://www.darksky.org/links/enviro.html#birds
> >
> > This shows a satellite view of artificial light (if you're not in the
> > US, there's also a world map):
> > http://www.inquinamentoluminoso.it/worldatlas/pages/fig2.htm and
> > http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/rhgiles/Trevey/LunarForces.htm
> >
> > At least some of these have a zoomed-in clip from the above map,
> > showing the local area (and predict clouds and moonlight)--click the
> > Light Pollution Map link of a local Clear Sky Clock page:
> > http://cleardarksky.com/csk/big_clist.html
> >
> > Debbi
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> > >Very intrigued and struck by this, Martyn, as I was looking out the
> > >other night over snow and astonished by the levels of orange light
> > >here in the country on a moonless, overcast night.
> > >
> > >But how does this stand up against the fact that for at least half
> > >the month moonlight is far brighter, even in quite overcast
> > >conditions? I rely on the moon a lot to pick my way around at
night -
> > >don't think I would feel as confident with distant streetlighting
and
> > >would probably take a torch!
> > >
> > >Seriously, though, is this effect real and do you know of any
> > >studies? I'd never thought of it before, only of the effect of
> > >traffic noise on the ability of owls to locate food.
> > >
> > >Romilly H
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >"Microphones are not ears,
> > >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > >A listening room is not nature."
> > >Klas Strandberg
> > >Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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