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Re: Bird-voiced Treefrogs with Cattle

Subject: Re: Bird-voiced Treefrogs with Cattle
From: "Rick Munday" baumann1965
Date: Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:50 am ((PST))
Very Nice!

What did you record with?

Did you add anything in post? I can't believe the depth!!!





On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:45 PM, David Michael <>wro=
te:

>
>
> Hello
>
> It's been a while since I have posted anything, so I thought I'd put
> something up.
>
> This past summer, while visiting family in Alabama, I nipped off to do
> a bit of recording. After some quick research, I drove out to the
> Sipsey River Swamp preserve near Tuscaloosa. The Sipsey River Swamp is
> apparently one of the last wild free flowing swamp streams in Alabama
> and is estimated to contain at least 50,000 acres of bottomland
> hardwood wetlands. Having not explored the area before, I just set out
> on one of the trails hoping to hit upon a good spot to drop the rig.
> Off of one of the main access roads was a muddy, rutted out trail that
> dead ended into a cypress swamp. Perfect. I set up the mics and set
> them recording overnight. I had no idea what I might record, but there
> were plenty of bird species around and the habitat looked incredibly
> welcoming for amphibians.
>
> I was pleasantly surprised later to find that I had setup my recorder
> in the middle of a bird-voiced treefrog chorus. In fact, during the
> height of the chorus, the shrill calls completely saturated my
> recorder :( I am fairly sure they had used my mic tripod as a calling
> perch. I was also quite surprised to find a section of the recording
> with the calls of cattle!
>
> In this excerpt from the recording, cattle call to one another from a
> trail adjacent to a cypress swamp as bird-voiced treefrogs wind down
> their chorus. A few katydids call from the trees. Bull frogs, green
> frogs, and a Cope's gray treefrog also make an appearance. A raucous
> green treefrog chorus is barely audible in the distance.
>
> http://soundcloud.com/dmichael/bird-voiced-treefrogs-with-cattle
>
> David
>  __._,_._
>









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