Thanks for listening, Jim. I didn't know until recently that the Humpback h=
as no vocal chords--these sounds are made by forcing air thru various chamb=
ers in the nostrum! It's a living pipe-organ One-Whale-Band!
David
--- In Jim Morgan <> wrote:
>
> Great recording David!!!
>
> As you say the sounds are truly amazing and the quality is superb.
>
> Thanks for a fantastic recording.
>
> Jim Morgan
> Prescott, AZ
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Kawika <> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi recordists, this link now works, thanks John and Jim for the help.
> > Please have a listen, there are some amazing sounds--
> >
> > http://soundcloud.com/akikik1/humpbacks-off-kauai
> >
> > --- In David Kuhn <dkuhn012001@>
> > wrote:
> > Hi recordists,
> > Humpback Whales recorded off Maha`ulepu, SE Kaua`i in March 2011. At le=
ast
> > 3
> > animals singing and uttering elements of their Hawai`i dialect.
> > Technique--Aquarian Audio H2a-XLR hydrophones, each weighted to prevent
> > surfacing, suspended bow and stern from a two-man kayak. A drogue (or d=
rag,
> > an
> > empty bucket hanging from stern) keeps the craft aligned with current a=
nd
> > wind
> > to maintain a stereo image. Still got more surface sound than I want, m=
aybe
> > I'll
> > raise the rudder next time.
> >
> > http://soundcloud.com/akikik1/humpbacks-off-kauai
> >
> > Being out there among these creatures, headphones on, is thrilling. One
> > doesn't
> > see the singers, as the males sing suspended head-down in 75-100 feet o=
f
> > water.
> > Aloha,
> > David
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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