Very nice, Kevin me ol china!!!!
Martyn Stewart
www.naturesound.org
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On Mar 31, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Kevin Colver <> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Last week I was able to spend the night at the wetlands of Fish
> Springs, NWR. I've posted a little sample at www.7Loons.com.
> Recorded with SD722 and Sennheiser 30/40 MS pair.
>
> Here is the description of the recording:
>
> The night was moonless, the chill was deepening, and the metronome
> clicking song of Virginia Rails had gone on for hours. At 01:30 an
> American Wigeon dropped into the marshy pond, setting off some
> comments from drowsy neighbors. A Mallard flew in. Then a coyote got
> his pack song started, setting off a challenge song from a distant
> pack. The coyotes started the distant Sora=E2=80=99s singing and calling=
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> Despite the darkness, a Marsh Wren sings a few notes. Towards the end
> of the recording a female Mallard gets noisy and a female Green-winged
> Teal gives her worried quacks.
>
> If you have good ears and good speakers/headphones you may hear the
> Great Horned Owl hooting in the distance. Even harder to hear is the
> hooting of a Short-eared Owl about 20 seconds into the recording
> followed about 15 seconds later by the rattling wing claps the owl
> makes in a display flight. The rattling is heard distantly again
> later in the recording.
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>
> Enjoy,
>
> Kevin
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