Hi--
Some of my favorite ingredients that I associate with Fall in the
Upper Midwest (USA) under a nearly full moon last night:
http://tinyurl. com/ybqyeeh
4 channel surround QuickTime (5 mins, 9.5 mb)
Those with stereo monitoring should hear the front and rear channels
folded together.
The file is well-saturated to lessen the negative impacts of AAC
compression so you'll need to adjust playback to a level that seems
suitable to you. Rob D.
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At 3:08 AM +0000 10/9/09, Steve wrote:
>Yeah --- I've noted too that the sound of the woods changes a lot as
>the leaves fall, though I bet we still have more leaves here than in
>Wisconsin! Perhaps a time-lapse recording would demonstrate this
>effect but I'm not ready to do that this season. And, some care to
>match other conditions would be required. Still, it'd be fantastic.
>
>When Rob says "A very slight breeze will go along way in establishing
>the seasonal mood." I agree 100% but my hope is to record it really
>zipping along --- enough so one can hear mid-sized branches clacking
>together. Simply because that's the experience I associate with
>being out in November in a nice Beech-Maple stand here. Maybe a few
>Crows or a Pileated as well.
>
>Anyone else have Fall (Northern Hemisphere) aka approaching winter
>projects planned?
>
>Cheers!
>
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>Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>>
>> At 2:15 AM +0000 10/8/09, Steve wrote:
>> > <snip>
>> >I, too, would be delighted to hear what other people are trying to
>> >accomplish this fall...
>> >
>> >Steve P
>>
>> Of course, there's a northern hemisphere bias to this being "Fall." ;-)
>>
>> I'm very lucky in that I've been able to monitor the Fall changes
>> daily. If I had to venture out here in the upper midwest this time of
>> year to do a few days of recording I'd consider that the coyotes are
>> vocalizing a lot as the young ones learn to hunt, start to disperse
>> and winter hunting territories are being debated. Prime times are
>> typically 7-11 pm and then 2-4 am around here. Owls are teaching
>> their young to hunt and there seems to be more conversation. They're
>> also having more heated interactions, possibly over hunting grounds.
>> The "dawn chorus" shrinks to nothing in the early Fall as long as it
>> stays warm at night and the insects are singing strong. But after a
>> few, cool nights in the 30's & low 40's, the birds that winter-over
>> become quite vocal through the morning for some reason. This
>> coincides with the on-set of leaf fall. I was out of town for three
>> days when the winds had been strong. When I returned and resumed
>> monitoring I was immediately struck by how much the acoustic space
>> had "opened up" with the loss of only 20%-30% of the leaves. Of
>> course, wind usually reduces animal vocalizing and can mask other
>> events to a great degree. Wind forecasts here in the US seem to have
>> gotten quite good so one might want to consider these before
>> setting-out. A very slight breeze will go along way in establishing
>> the seasonal mood. Activities at wetlands will increase soon with
> > migrating water fowl. Rob D.
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