Hi all,
Early last week I spent a couple days in the Chippewa National Forest
for a little spring recording. I thought I'd share a few excerpts and
ask for help with some critter IDs, if anyone is willing.
First, here's a recording of an American Woodcock "cruising for
chicks" near my rig on a bank overlooking a small lake:
http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x100418-evening_woodcock.mp3
or
http://tinyurl.com/2bg4xvw
Sun was setting; skies were mostly clear; winds were dead calm; the
temperature was about 64 degrees Fahrenheit.
The next morning, on the other side of the lake, a couple woodpeckers
did some cruising of their own about an hour apart. They both used a
large tree directly above a second mic rig, which was stationed at the
shoreline.
http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x100419a-am_woodpecker.mp3
or
http://tinyurl.com/265978r
http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x100419b-am_woodpecker.mp3
or
http://tinyurl.com/2eao8sa
Note the traffic from a state highway about three miles away. Can
anyone help me ID these two woodpeckers?
Later that evening, moved to an area that I thought might be a good
place to target the "winnowing" behavior of the Wilson's Snipe. One
snipe generously gave me the nicest close-up recording I've yet been
able to capture:
http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x100419c-evening_snipe.mp3
or
http://tinyurl.com/247xava
Finally... in case anyone is curious, here are some photos of the
radical "winged" mic rigs I was using:
http://www.trackseventeen.com/images/mic_arrays/3032_winged.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/24uez8k
Photos of the recording sites are on my SoundBlog page at:
http://www.minnesotasoundscapes.com
Curt Olson
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