March 19, 2012. Here's a link to Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Great-Animal=
-Orchestra-Finding-Origins/dp/0316086878/ref=3Dsr_1_2?s=3Dbooks&ie=3DUTF8&q=
id=3D1311389976&sr=3D1-2
On Jul 22, 2011, at 10:55 PM, Jim Morgan wrote:
> Looking forward to this new book. When will it be out?
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Bernie Krause <
> >wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> 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=3DGv1sRgCKzpsJ=
LJ27HcMQ
>>>>> #5631299589922746226
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Morgan
>>>>> Prescott, AZ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>>>>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>>>>> Krause.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>>> Krause.
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>>>
>>>
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>> Wild Sanctuary
>> POB 536
>> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>> 707-996-6677
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> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> Krause.
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Wild Sanctuary
POB 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-996-6677
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
Google Earth zooms: http://earth.wildsanctuary.com
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