Those days out in the wilds are what puts the magic in nature recording.
Kevin
On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Mark Brennan wrote:
> Hi all, in response to Michael's question on the Red Tailed Hawk
> recording.
>
> I spend a lot of time in one particular remote location. It's an old
> growth Red
> Spruce forest that runs along side a lake. The area has a good
> hiking trail
> through various habitats in the forest. The great thing is that I have
> never seen another person here! So I usually head out before
> daylight and am in
> the woods before dawn most times. I walk very slowly, always with my
> gear at the
> ready, it takes about 30 seconds to set up. I stop frequently and
> listen all
> the time. On the back end of the forest, it is even more remote, so
> remote that
> Bobcats use it the trail a great deal. On the day i recorded the Red
> Tailed
> Hawks I had noticed a lot of noise from smaller birds in the canopy.
> When you
> hear this, it's usually a raptor perched somewhere, mostly owls in a
> forest like
> this. So i knew something was 'up' then I saw one of the Hawks
> circling just
> above the canopy and the other flying from tree to tree, calling
> back and forth.
> I set my gear up where I thought they would end up and left. This is
> the
> favourite part for me, leaving to get out of sight and just
> listening to hear
> what the recorder is picking up.
>
> I have been near to Goshawk nests, great horned owl nests, saw-whet
> owls, barred
> owls, ravens, kestrels, Broad Winged Hawks, but never a Red Tailed
> Hawk. So it
> was a first for me! I have nest boxes for saw-whets, barred owls,
> and Kestrels,
> boreal chickadees and Tree Swallows.
>
> I suppose it comes down to one thing really, spending lots of time
> in the right
> places, everything I hear and see is fantastic but once in a while
> something
> really wonderful happens. Incidentally i recorded a pair of black
> backed
> woodpeckers feeding that same morning about an hour before, I will
> post this to
> soundcloud soon. I was in the woods for 6 hours altogether that day
> and came out
> with these two decent 'finds'.
>
> Very windy here lately, even at night, so not a lot of recording in
> the field.
>
> Cheers all,
>
>
> Mark
> Nova Scotia
>
> ________________________________
> From: Michael Raphael <>
> To:
> Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 4:09:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] soundcloud tracks
>
>
> Do you have any details about that recording? I'd love to hear how
> you caught
> those hawks? Did they fly by a rig you were running all day?
>
> M.
>
> On Jul 9, 2010, at 2:35 PM, Jeremiah Moore wrote:
>
> > True - very clear and present, several clearly articulated calls
> with
> > varying perspective.
> >
> > And in the same recording, check that mosquito at 2:36.
> >
> > -jeremiah
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Dan Dugan <> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi everyone, well I just discovered soundcloud and quite like
> it, so I
> >> have
> >>> posted 8 pieces on there and hope to post more in the coming
> weeks. It
> >> seems to
> >>> be a very good platform for sharing recordings. Here is the link
> >>>
> >>> http://soundcloud.com/wildearthvoices
> >>
> >> Wow, those red-tailed hawk calls are the closest and most present
> that I
> >> have ever heard. And please send the Red Squirrel to Doug Von
> Gausig
> >> <doug%40naturesongs.com> for his mammal
> compilation.
> >>
> >> -Dan
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > jeremiah moore | SOUND |
> > http://www.jeremiahmoore.com/
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> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> Krause
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