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Re: living in the walls

Subject: Re: living in the walls
From: "John Hartog" hartogj
Date: Sat May 16, 2009 7:12 pm ((PDT))
I am told, honey bee queens are known to trumpet.

John Hartog


--- In  ". m u r m e r ." <> wrote:
>
> 
> John Hartog wrote:
> > Hi patrick,
> >
> > Just a guess but, I think all the sounds are related to the hive. What 
> > sounds like a bird is an individual insect buzzing directly against the 
> > wall material.
> >   
> 
> 
> hm, yes, i toyed with that idea a bit, but i'm pretty sure now that 
> that's not the case.  for a start, these sounds began *before* i heard 
> any hive activity (the sounds of which are very apparent, especially if 
> i hold my ear to the wall), in early april, while the hive only became 
> active several weeks later.  2nd, while the buzzing is relatively 
> constant at all times of day, these sounds are nocturnal.  in the 
> morning when i wake up the buzzing is still there, but these have 
> stopped.  3rd, they have occasionally often been accompanied by the 
> sound of a sort of scurrying movement, too big for bees.  lastly, 
> although maybe it's not clear in the recordings, these really sound to 
> me like series of short squawking vocalisations from single animals, 
> several of which can be heard at different points along the wall...
> 
> hm, with all the animal id'ing that goes on on this list, i had imagined 
> that someone would immediately know what i was dealing with.  i hadn't 
> expected to stump nature recordists!  well, i suppose most of us don't 
> spend much time recording ecosystems inside walls...   ; )
> 
> 
> 
> > Regarding your recorder noise. My PMD670 had a similar issue with the first 
> > mics I used with it. Those mics were Cascade M-1s that I got free with the 
> > purchase of the recorder. The noise coincided with blinking of the lcd, or 
> > with turning the light on or off. Marantz of course blamed it on the mics. 
> > When I switched to NT1As the noise went away. I had since forgotten about 
> > that issue, but should test it with my AT2032s.
> 
> 
> yes, it only happens with my own self-built contact mics, so i'm sure 
> it's a problem with them rather than the recorder.  i was just wondering 
> if there might be something i could do to the mics to resolve the problem.
> 
> best,
> patrick
> 
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> 
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sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause


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