Looking forward to this new book. When will it be out?
Jim
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Bernie Krause <>wro=
te:
> **
>
>
> Lucas has some wonderful insights, Jim. Especially the signal shifting
> idea in bird-vox reception and processing that may explain how certain
> avian species might be creating artificial bandwidth after the
> fact...a missed feature when concentrating on the decontextualized
> signatures of individual birds or other critters (that may be doing
> something similar). His thesis is an important element of my new book.
>
> Bernie
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Jim Morgan wrote:
>
> > Thanks again Bernie, your comments about Jeff Lucas and his work.
> >
> > Here is a web page on Jeff Lucas that some of you might be
> > interested in.
> >
> > http://www.bio.purdue.edu/people/faculty/index.php?refID=3D27
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Bernie Krause <
> > >wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> Fascinating to see how much energy is expressed between 6 & 10kHz,
> >> Jim. And there's a lot of information, there, for sure.
> >>
> >> Jeff Lucas (Purdue University) has demonstrated that species he's
> >> been looking at actually have the ability to pitch- and time-shift
> >> when receiving signals so that what they hear would tend to fit
> >> within
> >> the biophonic structure of the given habitat they occupy.
> >>
> >> Bernie
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jul 20, 2011, at 8:27 AM, Jim Morgan wrote:
> >>
> >>> I find it difficult to fully appreciate the complexity of the
> >>> Grasshopper
> >>> Sparrow's song. To my ears, and they suffer from old age, the song
> >>> sounds
> >>> like an ordinary insect buzz. Of course this is the reason it is
> >>> caller a
> >>> grasshopper Sparrow.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway I am posting a spectrogram if it's song and it sure doesn't
> >>> look like
> >>> a simple buzz. Instead you see a very complex series of different
> >>> notes,
> >>> many of which I cant even hear.
> >>>
> >>> When I look at the spectrogram I get a better appreciate the effort
> >>> this
> >>> little bird puts into it's song.
> >>>
> >>> So for those of you that are interested here is the spectrogram:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/fundador.photos/Temp?authkey=3DGv1sRgCKzpsJL=
J27HcMQ
> >>> #5631299589922746226
> >>>
> >>> Jim Morgan
> >>> Prescott, AZ
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> >>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> >>> Krause.
> >>>
> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Wild Sanctuary
> >> POB 536
> >> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
> >> 707-996-6677
> >> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
> >>
> >> Google Earth zooms: http://earth.wildsanctuary.com
> >> SKYPE: biophony
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> > Krause.
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Wild Sanctuary
> POB 536
> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
> 707-996-6677
> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>
> Google Earth zooms: http://earth.wildsanctuary.com
> SKYPE: biophony
>
>
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