Thanks Ray,
I have only heard it a handful of times. Otherwise they are slow moving and
seemingly un-aggressive. But are chatty and can be heard making sounds while
eating or walking.
Chad
On May 22, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Ray Mansell
[naturerecordists] <> wrote:
>
> 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
> [naturerecordists]<> wrote:
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>
> Hi all,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> https://soundcloud.com/chad-clifford-1/porcupines-quarrelling
>
> Chadwick Clifford
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"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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