An alligator would make gardening interesting.
I think it might be a Jerusalem cricket (genus Stenopelmatus).
http://www.answers.com/topic/jerusalem-cricket#Song (scroll down,
sound sample too)
Apparently, the different species produce different songs and though
they are not common up here in SW Wisconsin, I have seen them.
Ironically, they can't hear airborne sounds, only vibrations trough
their bodies. I haven't found anything specific about the
"winding-down" characteristic yet. This feature is so pronounced in
the recordings Stan & I have it raises some question about the ID in
my mind, but everything else lines-up pretty well. Rob D.
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At 6:32 AM -0400 9/21/09, Wil Hershberger wrote:
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>I will have to listen more closely at home but it is reminiscent of an
>American alligator's bellow.
>
><http://www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=a>http://www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=a
><<http://www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=a&AnimalAudioID=10401>http://www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=a&AnimalAudioID=10401>
>&AnimalAudioID=10401
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>I can't imagine how there would be several in that area. Certainly an
>interesting sound.
>
>Wil Hershberger
>
>Nature Images
><<http://www.natureimagesandsounds.com/>http://www.natureimagesandsounds.com/>
>and Sounds, LLC
>
>Hedgesville, WV
>
>From:
><naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
>[mailto:<naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
>
>On Behalf Of stancourtney
>Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 2:54 PM
>To:
><naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [Nature Recordists] Is this a locust or insect of some type?
>
>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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