Hey you chaps !! - for those of us in Europe who have never even
sniffed a prairie chicken - I hope you'll post us 30 secs of these
fascinating noises - if nothing else just to make up for all this
tech-speak ! ;-)
Chris
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> I will certainly take notice Rich, I know of the "booming" sounds
and
> zooooooo.wooooo.sounds from the male plus the "Kuk" ing sounds I
think from
> the male too when the females are about. I'm sure with all the mics
present
> we will capture some great sounds..
>
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>
> Martyn
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> From:
> On Behalf Of Rich Peet
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:12 AM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Prairie Chickens
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>
> If you have the capability with the three of you please do what you
> can to document and determine the why on how the "woo woo's" travel
> close to the ground and the direction appears to come from any
object
> that is low. To my ears it is a very strange example of highly
> directional low pitches. One mic at the top of the blind and one on
> the ground if matched should prove it.
>
> I hope the "girls" show up to your lek. They make all the difference
> in the structure of the combat.
>
> For those wondering about those "woo woo's", they do that as well as
> "cluck clucks", "thump thumps", and "bam bams' all at the same time.
> Rich
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