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Re: Cruisin' for Chicks...

Subject: Re: Cruisin' for Chicks...
From: "corticalsongs" corticalsongs
Date: Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:02 pm ((PDT))
I have never heard the Wilson's snipe before (maybe in one of Rob's recordi=
ngs), but I'm now completely hooked. I very much hope they are still displa=
ying this weekend... would love to hear this in person.

Very nice recordings, I especially liked that the woodcock made an appearan=
ce in the snipe recording (and visa versa).

David

--- In  Curt Olson <> wrote:
>
> 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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