Great question, Bruce. I too am planning a trip to Wisconsin, Minnesota
and North Dakota this June and I'd like to hear what Rich, Curt and others=
from that region have to say.
One place I am definitely planning to visit is Crex Meadows WMA near
Grantsburg in northwestern Wisconsin. Until recently I had family in MN,
and I have been there many times over the years. It has quite a lot of
diverse birdlife. Crex has quite a few visitors, but I think it should be
relatively easy to do species type recording there (at least compared to
much of New York, where I live). I'm not so sure about ambient, but I
suspect very early am and nights will be good.
For Minnesota I have been using Kim Eckert's book "A Birder's Guide to
Minnesota" for planning purposes. Is that a good approach? Is the Sax-Zim=
bog a good possibility? Where would be a good place to record Connecticut=
warbler and yellow-bellied flycatcher?
I'm not so sure where to go in North Dakota. I'm really interested in
getting prairie sparrows, chestnut-collared longspur, gray partridge
etc. The population of North Dakota is roughly 600,000. and I have
thought that noise would not be too serious, except for wind and possibly=
farm machinery.
As you can see, I have some definite goals in mind. Any guidance would be=
greatly appreciated.
David
At 11:22 AM 5/4/2006, you wrote:
>Hello,
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>I am planning a recording trip in June to northern Michigan, and Northern
>Minnesota, around the Boundary Waters and Superior National Forest. I am
>hoping to get some ideas where good places to record are. I have never bee=
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>to these locations, so I am unsure where good places are, and where the
>noisy places to avoid are. I am looking to record lots of Loons, northern
>birds, migrating warblers, thrushes, eagles, and wolves if I am real lucky=
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>Any help pointing me to some good locations would be greatly appreciated. =
I
>am trying to avoid tourist and motor boat areas best I can. I am gathering
>detail maps and loading my GPS with points of interest.
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>I might head off to the western side of MN and into the pot hole region of
>ND if I have time. I heard ND is a wonderful place, but by looking at the
>maps it looks crowded with roads. Does anyone know of any quiet, active
>recording locations in ND for recording some of the fantastic marshlands I
>keep hearing about?
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>Oh, anyone know how bad the bugs will be in these areas in June? I heard
>June wasn't as bad as later in the Summer. Am I in need of a full bug shie=
ld
>outfit?
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>Thanks so much!!!!
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>Bruce Rutkoski
>www.natureguystudio.com
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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