I just posted some sound finds from my recent trip to
Newfoundland...among other things, I stayed with Dr. Peter Beamish for
2 days in Trinity. He is quite the character and took us out on a
zodiac and even cut the engines so I could get a decent recording of a
pod of pilot whales. It was amazing fun to pass around the headphones
to the kids on the boat and watch their eyes light up upon hearing
what was heard beneath us.
The next day I walked into a grove of trees on the Skerwink trail
which had this amazing sonic similiarity to the pilot whales...hope
you enjoy.
http://soundtransit.nl/mp3/0985.Toby_Sinkinson.Trinity_Newfoundland.long_fin_pilot_whales.mp3
description: long fin pilot whales near trinity newfoundland in august 06.
http://soundtransit.nl/mp3/0990.Toby_Sinkinson.East_Trinity.skerwink_trees.mp3
description: this binaural recording was made on the skerwink trail in
Trinity, Newfoundland. 50-60 old decaying trees rub against another on
the exposed, southern side near the end of the trail. The surf is 100
feet or so below.
http://soundtransit.nl/mp3/0987.Toby_Sinkinson.East_Trinity.middle_cove.mp3
description: a binaural recording of a beach at middle cove near St. John's
http://soundtransit.nl/mp3/0991.Toby_Sinkinson.Cape_St_Marys.Gannets_and_Murres_at_St_Marys.mp3
description: short excerpt of some 70,000 gannets clustering on a rock
at Cape St. Mary\'s. It was extrememly difficult to make a recording
in the strong winds. A pair of Murres who had their baby late in the
season were preparing to push their baby off the cliffs, where it
would need to swim for three days, without its float feathers, to
reach an island further out. They needed to do this because the baby
had not learned to fly and it was so late in the season. Quite an
amazing way to start one's life. As if being a Murre wasn't bad
enough, as a smaller bird they nest lower on the rocks, which meant
they were below the larger gannets. The Murre's were constantly
cleaning themselves from all the poop coming down from above. Pretty
awful recording, with wind interference, and me moving around, but
quite the sound!
This one is from Maine recorded earlier last Spring...
http://soundtransit.nl/mp3/0986.Toby_Sinkinson.Farmington_ME.Loons_on_Clearwater_Lake.mp3
description: Loons and fisherman out late catching suckers to use as
lobster bait.
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