David,
These recordings are wonderful! Thanks for the link. As an inland
dweller it was lovely to be reminded again of the ocean. I
especially liked the blowhole, wheezing and gurgling, fantastic
stereo sound! Felt like I was right there. Shearwaters and Boobies
amazing too.
Vicki Powys
Australia
On 11/09/2009, at 8:28 AM, dkuhn012001 wrote:
> Hi Naturerecordists members, I didn't realize members of this list
> may not be able to access files on the Naturerecording list, so
> have created the same folder in "files" on this site. Sorry for the
> oversight.
> Aloha,
> David
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/Lehua%
> 20Islet%20sounds/
> or:
> http://tinyurl.com/qkojuw
>
>
> --- In David Kuhn
> <> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, I created a folder of several files on the
>> Naturerecording (that's -ING) site, of more sounds from Lehua
>> Islet--
>>
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naturerecording/files/Lehua%20Islet%
>> 20sounds/
>>
>> or http://tinyurl.com/mo4fqc
>>
>> "Lehua sea cave" is the one I posted last week, with Black
>> Noddies, very deep pneumatic sounds from inside the cave, and
>> thunder, the only evidence of Hurricane Felicia. The lightning
>> strike was about two miles directly offshore, so it reverbed in
>> the cave nicely. The .jpg photo is yours truly hard at work.
>> "Lehua Blowhole" is a small gentle would-be blowhole outside the
>> sea cave. The "mouth" is not much bigger than a human's, inhaling
>> and exhaling much to my amusement.
>> "RFBO Lehua" is a colony of Red-footed Boobies in the evening as
>> the adults return from foraging at sea; Also heard are Wedge-
>> tailed Shearwaters.
>> "WTSH short" is a colony of Wedgetailed Shearwaters at night at
>> our camp. The low voice is the female, the higher is the male.
>> This goes on all night, but not too disturbing until the night I
>> mistakenly slept in a hammock two feet from a nester.
>>
>> I'll leave this folder intact for a couple weeks, then remove to
>> make room.
>>
>> I had a great time out there, mostly recording at night. I'll
>> return next May to record other species' colonies (Laysan and
>> Black-foot Albatross, and several Endangered Species, etc.) Each
>> evening I listened with Telinga for incoming unseen birds, with
>> some very interesting success. On one night of light winds I
>> listened from camp, facing the mountain-side, while two
>> ornithologist colleagues tramped around on the crater. I would
>> shine a laser in the direction of heard Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
>> calls, they would confirm the heard sound and head in that
>> direction. The active nest of this species has never been observed
>> in Hawai`i, hence our willingness to expend such energy.
>>
>> Again, headphones recommended.
>>
>> Aloha,
>> David
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> David Kuhn
>> www.soundshawaiian.com
>>
>>
>> 808 335 0398
>> Cell 808 651 8247
>> Mail to: PO Box 1018
>> Waimea, Kaua'i HI 96796
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>
>
"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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