Quite the opposite here in California at 38.42 =B0N, 122.55 =B0W where we=
=92re in the midst of a record 400 year drought. The crickets, usually firs=
t appear at the end of August and last into December when the winter rains =
begin and the tree frogs take over. This year, however, to the surprise of =
many local biologists, they began stridulating at the end of May=85fully 10=
weeks earlier than usual. It=92ll be curious to see how the biophony evolv=
es over the rest of the year. There were virtually none of the usual tree f=
rog choruses in January and February of 2014. Only a few occasional individ=
uals.
Bernie
On Aug 9, 2014, at 5:53 AM, Curt Olson [naturerecord=
ists] <> wrote:
> Three weeks ago this didn't concern me here in MN. But now, well into Aug=
ust, I'm still waiting to hear the first of our usual late-summer insects. =
Now very much overdue.
>
> Rob, you're definitely on to something. We had near record rainfall here =
in June. Could that have drowned out this years hatch?
>
> Curt Olson
> MinnesotaSoundscapes.com
>
> On Jul 19, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Curt Olson wrote:
>
>> We just got back from a couple days in St. Louis County, MN, north of Du=
luth. We heard some those grasshoppers that make a loud crackling sound whe=
n they fly (sorry folks, I don't know their name). Plenty of fireflies... a=
nd biting flies... and mosquitoes, of course! It all seemed pretty normal f=
or mid-July in northern MN. I expect the racket should be increasing a lot =
over the next couple weeks.
>>
>> Curt Olson
>> MinnesotaSoundscapes.com
>>
>> Rob D. wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Have others in the upper midwest US noticed almost no insect singing th=
is summer?
>>> We had a very cold winter, a very slow fade-in spring and as yet no str=
etches of really warm days/nights.
>>> Could populations just be really low? I've seen only a few small cricke=
ts and small grasshoppers.
>>>
>>> Its very eerie to have the windows open at night in mid July and hear n=
othing except a single cricket chirp for 2-4 seconds and maybe again in 15 =
minutes,..
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Rob D.
>>
>
>
>
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> Posted by: Curt Olson <>
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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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