Congrats, Curt, on these excellent recordings. Wow, what a treat for
the ears! I really enjoyed them.
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Suzanne
Suzanne Williams Photography
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
Florida, USA
--- In Curt Olson <> wrote:
>
> Below are links to four MP3 clips edited from two recent nature
> recording junkets in extreme north central Minnesota. All these
> recordings were made during the evening and nighttime hours. I'm
> posting them on this side of the new great divide in the event that
> some poor soul might accidentally forget himself/herself and wish
to
> inquire about... ummm... errr... you know... that subject that's
mostly
> off limits "over there."
>
> 1) A Trumpeter Swan takes flight. Unfortunately, there's a small
> outboard fishing boat running on a nearby lake, to the right of the
mic
> rig. And darn if a car didn't drive into the soundscape just as the
big
> bird launches. But I still like this one. Note the sweet natural
reverb
> off the trunks of millions of budding trees. (2:27)
>
> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundscapes/x080514ab-
eel_lake_swan.mp3
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3uyvt6
>
> 2) At approximately the same time, on a small pond about a mile
away,
> two Trumpeter Swans come in on a long approach to a landing. (2:14)
>
> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundscapes/x080514ba-
frog_pond_swans.mp3
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4uq9p6
>
> 3) The next night, just before sunset, I stopped on a very remote
trail
> at the edge of a state waterfowl refuge. This short soundscape
features
> Spring Peeper frogs, a Crow and at least one distant Trumpeter
Swan,
> among other critters. (1:52)
>
> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundscapes/x080515xb-
peepers_swans.mp3
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5oxybr
>
> 4) Call me a complete sap, but as a lifelong Minnesotan, I've had
loons
> on my mind and my recording hit list for a long time. Last week I
> finally managed to get some. This is nowhere close to the pristine
> quality I'm really after, but I'll accept it as a reasonable start.
> This clip is a layered combination of recordings from two
consecutive
> nights at the same lake. (5:40)
>
> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundscapes/x080521_23-
wagner_loons.mp3
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6ohwky
>
> Curt Olson
>
> PS: Hopefully the brain trust here won't mind of I ask for help
with a
> few critter IDs in the next few weeks.
>
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