Hi Curt!
For sure it=B4s the raven Corvus corax. I hear them every day around our
farm. Most people like them, but my neigbour the sheepowner doesn=B4t
couse he thinks they kill his newborn lambs (picking their eyes out)
Hope hi is wrong!
=D6rjan
Gotland out in the Baltic Sea
Curt Olson wrote:
>
> About a month ago I spent a few days chasing dog teams during the 2009
> John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon -- 374 miles from Duluth, Minnesota
> to the Canadian border and back again. Temps were sub-zero (F) most of
> the time, but my AT3032s worked perfectly. The dual challenge I had
> was keeping my batteries warm while recording outdoors for hours at a
> time, and keeping my mics cold while traveling between checkpoints.
> Thankfully, I managed to do both.
>
> On day three, after most of the field had dropped out, I was out on
> the west end of Devil Track Lake (12 miles or so up the Gunflint Trail
> from Grand Marais, MN), about 1/2 mile from shore. It was just past
> noon. Temp was only slightly above zero (F), winds were about 10 mph
> from the southwest. Sun was shining brightly. Those few tough mushers
> who remained in the race were beginning their down-bound run back to
> Duluth after resting a few hours from a long night of mushing that
> took them all the way to Gunflint Lake on the international border in
> -30 degree cold.
>
> Is this getting too far off topic for you? Please hang on for another
> sentence or two.
>
> I set up my recording gear out on the lake ice, near the marked race
> trail, and walked a couple hundred yards in the direction from which
> the teams would be coming. After a long wait, the first musher
> approached, his dogs barked when they saw me. We waved to each other.
> Little did I know, but at that exact time, a large bird flew right
> over my mic rig. I presume it was a raven, as it seemed to react to
> the dogs barking -- almost mimicking them.
>
> Can anyone confirm this for me, or steer me toward a more accurate ID?
>
> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/xq090127b-stetson_pass.mp3
> <http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/xq090127b-stetson_pass.mp3>
>
> -or-
>
> http://tinyurl.com/dcxojo <http://tinyurl.com/dcxojo>
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Curt Olson
>
> PS: For anyone who might be interested, I have a few other quick-and-
> dirty clips from the race at:
>
> http://www.trackseventeen.com/media/beargrease/
> <http://www.trackseventeen.com/media/beargrease/>
>
>
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