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Re: Critter ID/Hearing Test and more...

Subject: Re: Critter ID/Hearing Test and more...
From: "Curt Olson" flipov411
Date: Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:40 am ((PDT))
Thank you Chris, Steve, Mark and all, for your kind replies!

Chris Halis wrote:

> Hi Curt - that owl was superb of course but I also love the sounds
> of Woodcock - the species on your side of the Atlantic always sounds
> more comical than the European one (see the penultimate sound under
> "nocturnal birds" on this rather long page http://tiny.cc/r2fyt for
> those interested).
>
> Collective noun for Woodcock ? A quick search tells me "fall" (makes
> only marginal sense to me) or "plump" (I can understand), but
> "covey" is maybe best - used a lot for birds that people like to
> shoot and eat !
>
> Chris
> http://www.wildechoes.org
>
>
> --- In  Curt Olson <> wrote:
>>
>> 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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