Thanks everyone for the help.
I agree it does sound just like Rob Danielson recording.
Rob my recorder was placed beside a log so I am guessing it was a locust. I
had never heard this before in many nights of recording.
Stan Courtney
Central Illinois
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> Stan and John-
> Yes, I'd say very definitely the same. We're only a few hundred miles apart.
>
> The high volume, low pitch and "winding down" qualities baffle me. I
> keep imagining the sound-maker as being extremely close. Stan, is
> there any chance the animal could have been using a nearby wood
> surface as a sounding board in your recording? A locust seem like a
> good guess to me. Their wings are pretty rigid and I think some of
> them have a hollowness in their bodies they use for amplification.
> Rob D.
>
> = = =
>
> At 4:58 AM +0000 9/21/09, hartogj wrote:
> >
> >Hi Stan,
> >
> >Rob Danielson posted a very similar mystery over on the other side.
> >
> ><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naturerecording/message/693>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naturerecording/message/693
> >
> >Here is a copy of Rob's message:
> >
> >"Hi-
> >Here's a new nocturnal encounter (for me) that is so distinctive I'm
> >hoping someone might recognize it.
> >
> ><http://tinyurl.com/mxgatu>http://tinyurl.com/mxgatu QuickTime movie (3.4 mb)
> >
> ><http://tinyurl.com/nguztn>http://tinyurl.com/nguztn .mp3 (5 mb)
> >
> >There are four segments:
> >
> >~0 - 22 secs The critter in the distance to the right.
> >
> >~22 - 42 secs The critter to the right with a field-mouse sized
> >mammal near the mic for a sense of scale.
> >
> >~ 42 - 2:11 Another critter? perhaps using the 3/4" X 3.5" X 16"
> >wooden board on the bottom of the mic rig as a sounding board.
> >
> >~2:11 - 2:26. The same critter with another in the distance to the right.
> >
> >My best guess is an insect, beating wings/legs perhaps? I do not
> >think I've heard this caller before recording it last night. Thanks
> >for your help; I'd love to know what it is. Rob D.
> >--"
> >
> >John Hartog
> >
> >--- In
> ><naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
> >"stancourtney" <stancourtney@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I recorded this unusual sounds a couple of nights ago in an
> >>oak-hickory forest here in Central Illinois. The recorder was left
> >>running unattended for 2 nights.
> >>
> >> I am thinking some type of locust or insect, probably too late for frogs.
> >>
> >>
> >><http://www.stancourtney.com/sounds/2009.09.19.mp3>http://www.stancourtney.com/sounds/2009.09.19.mp3
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Stan Courtney
> >>
> >> Central Illinois
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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