If only you were equipped the same way those White-throated Sparrows or
Chickadees are, the solution would have been so simple! As it was, you had
me sitting on the edge of my seat - what a great recording.
And congratulations on your nerves of steel.
Ray
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Mark Brennan
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> Hello all, There is a bit of a story to this recording. I am near a lake,
> 40km
> or so from the nearest house recording the Dawn chorus in an Acadian
> Forest.
> It=92s just getting light, the greens are starting to show in the diminis=
hing
>
> gloom. I don=92t have my headphones on but the recorder is running and I =
can
> hear
> some sounds off in the distance. I am fine with this, but they get closer
> until
> they are about 30m from me. Two weeks before I saw a mother Black Bear ne=
ar
> here
> with two young cubs! I cant see what it is, but I can see the undergrowth
> moving. I just about had myself convinced it was a bear. Now I have seen
> lots of
> Black Bears in the wild and usually they take off but this was too close
> for
> comfort! So I had to make a decision and a plan, what if it was a bear an=
d
> how
> would I let it know I was there without startling it. You can listen to
> this and
> make up your own mind. Now that I have listened to the recording, I knew
> within
> about 10 seconds what it was. You can hear it challenging the microphones
> but at
> this point I am not sure because the sounds are too muffled with my 100ft
> cables. Anyway, needless to say, I survived but my heart was beating out =
of
> my
> chest for a bit! Black Bears, I love them.. But they would make short wor=
k
> of
> someone like me who startled it so close. I normally carry bear spray, bu=
t
> this
> time it was in my other pack. Can you tell what it was? I know because I
> saw it
> eventually! But the recording gives you some great audio clues.
>
> heres the link http://soundcloud.com/wildearthvoices/sit-still-or-panic
>
> I am sure most of you have had experiences like this!
>
> Mark
>
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>
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> Mark A. Brennan
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