Hi Ray,
What a wonderful opportunity to record cicada. I had experienced similar ac=
tivity in Chicago when I was doing my internship in 1990. Layers of cicada =
on the ground everywhere. Unfortunately, I knew nothing about sound recordi=
ng at the time. I tried to listen to your recording on Soundcloud and it sa=
ys the recording has been removed. Is anybody else having the same problem?
munir.
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 1, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Ray Mansell <> wrote:
> Here in New York's Hudson Valley, we're at the peak of the Brood II Cicad=
a
> emergence. This happens once every 17 years, so I felt compelled to recor=
d
> the event - I likely won't be able to the next time!
>
> I just posted a short recording at
> http://soundcloud.com/llesnam-yar/17-year-cicadas, and will likely be
> posting more in the coming days. This particular recording was made at
> around noon today, 1st June 2013, at this location: http://goo.gl/maps/q8=
wxN
>
> The cicadas were everywhere, and several landed on me as I was recording.
> They are alien-looking creatures, but perfectly harmless, and there are
> literally billions of them in this brood, which covers many hundreds of
> miles from North Carolina to northern New York. Birds and other predators
> gorge themselves, and you can hear a cat bird singing along with the
> cicadas - perhaps anticipating a feast.
>
> Ray...
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