Hi David:
Excellent work. I've never seen or positively identified the call of a
Pickerel Frog - you have a valuable recording here. Most of the bird noise in
the background is being made by American Robins. A Gray Catbird seems to be
present, also, in addition to a short call from a Wood Duck. The higher
pitched calls are probably from a Song Sparrow, although they aren't making
much noise.
All the best,
Bob Howe
From:
On Behalf Of David Michael
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 6:02 PM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Ithaca, NY - Two pools of Spring Peepers, Pickerel
Frog
Hello List,
This is my first recording of the season as well as the first time I
have heard a Pickerel Frog in the flesh. The recording was made this
past Saturday night, May 10th, on Connecticut Hill in Ithaca New York
at about 8:30 pm . Two medium sized pools, separated by a bank of
trees each host a small group of Spring Peepers, each engaging in
their own choral bouts. A single Pickerel Frog quietly calls out from
among the Peepers. Gunshots can be heard in the distance, presumably
from hunters, though I do not know what is in season. The is a call at
about 6:00 that I cannot identify.. perhaps the call of another
species I have never heard or perhaps a hybrid or even a strange
peeper or a release call? Can anyone assist in its identification?
The recording begins quietly with the sounds of the background group
of Peepers in chorus beyond the trees. The group of peepers in the
foreground begin at about 1:15 and goes through five short bouts over
the course of the recording before finishing in a final long sustained
bout which is faded out. The recording was stopped due to a passing
car. Dropping temperatures put a halt to the chorus about an hour and
a half after this recording was taken. Unfortunately, I do not know
what the temperature was at the time of the recording.
Can someone on the list please help me to identify the birds in the
background?
As in previous posts, my rig has remained unchanged: Sennheiser MKH
30/40 MS pair mounted in blimp on a tripod using a Fostex FR2-LE. The
side mic (MKH 40) was mixed in at about 66% relative to the mid (MKH
40).
There is a slight hiss (very slight) which I presume is the self-noise
of the microphones and is probably not helped by the FR2-LE's preamps.
Any comment on this? I have experimented and recorded alot with this
rig, and this is the best performance I can squeeze out of it. Is this
a typical self-noise level of the MKHs and I am just expecting too
much from microphones?
http://scientificforestry.com/recordings/2008/peepers_pickerel_5.10.08_20_35.mp3
12:45, ~30Mb
Here is an image from an adjacent pool.
http://scientificforestry.com/recordings/2008/IMG_3534.JPG
David Michael
http://unnature.net
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