Thank you David,
It's a beautiful sound, but a wee bit spooky when you're all alone at
night, miles from anyone. Hopefully you can hear it for yourself this
weekend.
Curt Olson
David wrote:
> I have never heard the Wilson's snipe before (maybe in one of Rob's
> recordings), but I'm now completely hooked. I very much hope they
> are still displaying this weekend... would love to hear this in
> person.
>
> Very nice recordings, I especially liked that the woodcock made an
> appearance 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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