Hi Chad,
That's really ferocious-sounding! Porcupines are uncommon here, so I've
never heard anything quite like it before.
Nice job,
Ray
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:51 PM, CHAD CLIFFORD
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> This interesting and seemingly ferocious sounds that occurred on 2014 May
> 20 at 11:30p.m. about 70 minutes West of Ottawa. There was no moon and it
> was very dark. The porcupines quarrelled along the ground and then in a
> tree. The sounds here are from the tree area. The recording was from
> 20metres away with a parabolic dish (a pair of EM172 mics & battery box)
> and ZoomH4N recorder. I did not actually see any of this in the dark. But
> have come across this sort of event before in the Spring. Territorial
> disputes? The one animal sounds a little aggressive with its growls and
> made me wonder at times if it was actually a Fisher attack on a Porcupine
> (we have plenty of both species here). But no signs of blood in that area
> today...will check again more closely later today.
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> My mic levels were certainly off initially with the loud spikes in sound.
> The original recording was about 40 minutes....no post processing besides
> cutting a few quieter times out.
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> https://soundcloud.com/chad-clifford-1/porcupines-quarrelling
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> Chadwick Clifford
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