Thanks for the advice Bernie,
I envisioned something like that , sort of like a suspension bridge to my m=
ics. Guess I had been lucky up until this happened.
John
On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
> Rabbits and rodents have to gnaw on things to keep their teeth from
> curling around and growing into their wee brains. They especially love
> expensive coaxial mic cables. When recording, always take a number of
> thin metal stakes about 25 - 30 inches (63 - 76cm) long with a loop at
> the top through which to thread your cables, thus keeping them off the
> ground and inaccessible to critters.
>
> Bernie
>
> On Apr 27, 2012, at 2:29 PM, John Brenneman wrote:
>
> > Hi fellow recordists. I camped and recorded last thursday and
> > Friday in Pinnacles Natl. Monument in California.Here are 2
> > recordings made with mics in the same location at 8:30 PM and 6:30
> > AM the next morning in the Pinnacles campground beneath large Valley
> > Oaks with a bog nearby.
> > http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/evening-in-pinnacles
> > http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/dawn-in-pinnacles-campground-4
> >
> > Unfortunately during the morning recording I lost the Right channel
> > and only determined later that a rabbit had chewed most of the way
> > through my mic cable. Mogami must be tasty. Has anyone out there
> > experienced this problem? I hope it won't be a common occurrence.
> >
> > While hiking with my parabolic mic I chanced upon a Steller's Jay
> > that was making vocalizations I've not heard before. It was foraging
> > on a large sycamore down in narrow little Bear Creek gulch and
> > sounding a bit thrasher-like. It went on and on and I recorded
> > several 30+ second cuts . Here is a short take before logistics put
> > too much stream and wind noise into the recordings. http://soundcloud.c=
om/johnny-b-11/stellers-jay-pinnacles-4-20-12
> >
> > Hope all works well as I'm still learning about sharing recordings.
> >
> > best regards,
> >
> > John Brenneman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > "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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