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Re: Roe deer question

Subject: Re: Roe deer question
From: "NordicNature" nordicsounds
Date: Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:18 am ((PDT))
Thanks for listening and the reply.
No, I didn't see him because it was dark. I didn't record the first barks w=
hen the roe deer was just a few meters away. He scared me because I didn't =
see or hear him coming as I was trying to get close to the grasshopper warb=
ler and was setting up the equipment for recording. After the first shock I=
 grabbed the telinga and started to record.
He was running away on a field while barking.
Yes, I can hear the feets in the dirt on the field, but It felt like the "c=
licks" didn't belong there. I thought it was a problem with the recording f=
irst until I heard the the same sound every time he jumps & barks. My next =
thought was that it might be his teeth that "clicks" together, but it might=
 be just like you say that it is his feet in the ground but I'm not sure.
This was also a long reply.. :)
Thanks again.

Regards
H=E5kan


--- In  "chrishails50" <> wrote=
:
>
>
>
> H=C3=A4kan,
>
> Were you watching this Roe deer as you recorded ? My observation with thi=
s beast in my area is that, in additon to single loud barks, in a typical s=
equence they will give one very loud bark, then a short pause followed by m=
ore frequent barks at a lower intensity which fade out somewhat. You have t=
his typical sequence 3 times at 2s,28s and 51s in your recording, as they d=
o the more frequent barks they run off using a series of jumps and each jum=
p coincides with a bark. Thus what I hear in your recording is the sound of=
 their feet as they depart and this may be your "clicks", it is especially =
evident in the sequence at 51s where your animal has clearly moved away.
>
> Listen to the second recording on this page and at about 2mins in you can=
 hear the same thing reasonably clearly as this animal ran off over frozen =
snow:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2vqyd73
>
> Sorry for the lengthy explanation, I hope it makes some sense for you.
>
> I like Roe deer, they always give me a fright and it amazes me that such =
a gentle beast can make such an aggressive sound. The first recording on th=
is page shows just how aggressive they can sound when they are close by and=
 at about 1 min in you an again hear the feet although not as well as my fi=
rst example:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3pchh3c
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Chris
> http://www.wildechoes.org
>
>
> --- In  "NordicNature" <nordicnature@> w=
rote:
> >
> > Does anyone know what the "click" sound is when the Roe deer is barking=
? You can hear it when he barks several times in a row on the second and fo=
urth bark or so.
> > In this recording you can also hear that the grasshopper warbler briefl=
y stops singing when the roe deer barks at least the first times when he is=
 close.
> > There are some more description on the sound in soundcloud/nordicnature=
.
> > http://soundcloud.com/nordicnature/roe-deer-capreolus-capreolus
> >
> > regards
> > H=EF=BF=BDkan
> >
>








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