Thank you Mark,
I'll take your comments as helping us confirm the wolf ID.
Also... I've been enjoying your recordings from Nova Scotia. Thank you
for posting them!
Curt Olson
Mark Brennan wrote:
> Love that recording Curt... I have only heard Wolves once in
> Algonquin Park, Ontario, but Coyotes about twice a week! Your sound
> isnt as 'yippy' as what i am used to hearing. My poodle is going
> spare listening to it. I think i hear a barred owl hidden in there
> too.
> Mark
>
> ________________________________
>> From: Curt Olson <>
>> To:
>> Sent: Wed, June 9, 2010 1:58:28 PM
>> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Wolf pups or Coyotes?
>>
>>
>> Here is a short recording I made just after sunrise yesterday
>> (Tuesday 6/8) in a remote area of the Chippewa National Forest of
>> North Central Minnesota. Conditions: partly cloudy sky, light
>> winds, 60 degrees (F), high humidity, fierce mosquitoes, abundant
>> ticks, rainy weather moving in. The mic rig was in a small clearing
>> where three logging trails meet. Unfortunately it was oriented away
>> from the calls, but there are
>> plenty of reflections:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/26yvasm
>>
>> Rich Peet was with me. His rig was about 40 feet from mine and
>> oriented toward the direction of the calls. At first we thought
>> these might be coyotes, since the voices seemed too high-pitched
>> for wolves. But there were fresh, unmistakable wolf footprints
>> nearby. And in nearly 20 years of visiting the area, I've seen and
>> heard wolves, but never coyotes. So we're thinking wolf pups.
>>
>> Your thoughts?
>>
>> Curt Olson
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