Thank you Martyn,
Makes sense, especially since the rat clip and the Barred Owl clip
were less than a minute apart.
I appreciate it!
Curt Olson
> They are rats, Curt. They are obviously agitated by the barred owl
> in the vicinity. I have many recordings of rats vocalising like this.
>
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> Martyn
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> On Oct 13, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Curt Olson wrote:
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>> Ladies and Gents,
>>
>> I had the opportunity to make a couple overnight recordings last
>> weekend in extreme northern Minnesota. Here's something I've never
>> heard before, but surely someone here has. I suspect it's a tiny
>> mammal. Most interesting to me is that the call is up in the 10Khz-
>> plus range, which challenges one of my aging ears. Anyone know what
>> this might be?
>>
>> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x101010_0235-unknown.mp3
>>
>> And then, just for kicks... here are a couple other short clips
>> from those nighttime recordings...
>>
>> 1) A small flock of American Woodcock (is "flock" the right word
>> for it?) moving through the area (recorded approximately 6:30 AM on
>> October 9th):
>>
>> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x101009_0630-woodcock_flock.mp3
>>
>> 2) A Barred Owl calling very close to my gear (recorded
>> approximately 2:45 AM on October 10th):
>>
>> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x101010_0245-barred_owl.mp3
>>
>> Curt Olson
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