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Re: Recording Bats - what microphone to use?

Subject: Re: Recording Bats - what microphone to use?
From: "vickipowys" vpowys
Date: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:22 pm ((PDT))
Hi John,

Great sounds!  We get a similar species up my way, they make audible
if high pitched pings.  Your bat sounds like it is getting some
feeds.  How can I download the sound clip to measure the kHz of the
calls?

Vicki


On 28/08/2009, at 12:07 PM, jtudor2005 wrote:

> --- In  vickipowys
> <> wrote:
>>
>> Which species of Flying Fox do you have in your garden Syd?  I hope
>> you can get some recordings of them!
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Vicki
>
> Hi Vicki
>
> We get these in our trees in Littlehampton. Mormopterus planiceps,
> the Southern Free-Tailed Bats (also known as Mastiff Bats).
>
> This was captured in the background of a cricket recording (Yes, on
> Boxing Day hence the title)
> http://acousticlight.net/blog/?p=3D402
>
> Funny story.
> Kerry had just returned home from minor surgery, so to give her
> some peace, I slept in the spare room. At about 2:00 am and unable
> to move, she called out that there was something flapping around in
> the room. Thinking either a large moth, or drug induced
> hallucinations, I went to investigate. Switching on the light, a
> small bat was orbiting the bedroom, like something from a Bela
> Lugosi movie.
>
> I shut the bedroom door and opened the en-suite, where it finally
> stopped and hung from the grill on the ceiling fan. Shutting the
> door, I went outside and took the screen off the window. After
> about 30 minutes it finally exited to freedom.
>
> The strange thing is how we think it got into the house. A friend
> had visited wearing a 'Dryza Bone' that she usually leave hung in
> her stable. We think it came in carried in a pocket. We now call
> her the 'bat lady'
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> Krause
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>










"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause


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