I enjoyed those, John! Very cool recording of the bees. Thanks for
the descriptions as well.
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Suzanne
Suzanne Williams Photography
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
Florida, USA
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> Here is one minute comprised of four short recordings faded together
> giving a quick glimpse into a good day of recording Saturday May 17
Message: 2008.
Subject:
>
> http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh-080517_ochocos.mp3
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> Segment 1: Big Summit Prairie. I parked along the road around 12:30
> a.m. to record this lively wetland. Besides the Pacific Chorus
Frogs
> and winnowing Snipes, I do not know the other birds.
>
> Segment 2: Sage and Grassland slope overlooking Big Summit Prairie.
> By the time I set up camp, and watched the full moon set, dawn was
> already lighting the horizon. The unseasonably hot weather seemed to
> bring the dawn chorus early beginning promptly at 4 am. =96 this
segment
> from around 5 a.m. Is that a Sandhill Crane?
>
> Segment 3: Area of open Ponderosa forest on Black Mountain. Around
10
> a.m I noticed bumble bees could not resist the white flowers on
what I
> think were currant bushes. You can hear the bees come in two sizes.
>
> Segment 4: Rocky grassland knolls with Ponderosa lined draws near
> Little Summit Prairie, 11 p.m. An owl stopped by for awhile, calling
> beyond the frogs. I think it is a Saw-whet Owl.
>
> John Hartog
> www.rockscallop.org
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