ML137996
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Subject 1: Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa). Timecode In: 00:07:14. Timecode out: 00:08:14. Behaviors: song. Subject 2: Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus). Timecode In: Unknown. Timecode out: Unknown. Behaviors: song. Subject 3: (Interview). Subtitle: Frank Fraser. Timecode In: 00:14:48. Timecode out: 00:37:06. Notes: Boreal birds. Subject 4: Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis). Timecode In: 00:17:31. Timecode out: 00:17:34. Notes: Caught in mist net; Distress call. Behaviors: call. Subject 5: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Oil Pump Jack. Timecode In: 00:37:07. Timecode out: 00:38:22. Habitat: Forest. Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo; Sennheiser MKH50 Hypercardioid Mid Mic and MKH30 Bidirectional Side Mic. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS Show: Boreal Songbirds Log of DAT #: 4 Engineer: Marcia Caldwell Date: June 7, 2003 0:05 MC: Four. It is still Saturday. We are still in the same location as tape number three which is the forest, it had a name, Lake Trail or something. This is where we've been and it's not probably about...it's 8:17 in the morning on this Saturday and I'm going to continue on with the MS recording, MKH50 and 30 combination, MS stereo with the cardioid on the left channel. That's all I have for now. 0:49 MC: Little bridge over it on the path here. 0:52 Ambi. Loud stream. 2:05 MC: Just from the middle and a little back¿.hold on. 2:15 Ambi. Stream, but further away. 3:41 MC: A bit of the same stream, above a hill, above it. 3:45 Ambi. Stream. Even quieter with some bird sounds. 5:05 MC: About a hundred yards away from the stream. 5:11 Ambi. Stream with very loud birds. 7:13 Ambi. Good bird. Only one call. Pretty distinct. 8:16 Ambi. Same bird with another one in the background. Quieter. 8:55 Ambi. Forest. Quiet birds with an occasional loud one. 9:42 Ambi. Forest with loud birds. 11:33 Ambi. Breathing, mike sounds. 11:42 MC: Ok, we're back up by where the van is parked and there's a big antenna farm which I'm picking up here, but we're trying to see if I can get this White-throated Sparrow in the clear and maybe these radio waves will clear up right when I need them to. 12:09 Ambi. Walking. Some static. Birds. 13:00 Ambi. Loud birds. 14:30 Ambi. Birds. Static. 14:47 FF: That's the Canada Warbler. They're a pretty rare bird. A lot of birders covet this bird, you know, to find it. But we got lots. 14:58 EA: Look how tiny it is. 14:59 FF: Yeah. And there's coming, like, from Mexico, Central America. It's just mind-boggling. 15:95 EA: Wow, yeah, and how a little tiny bird can do that. 15:08 FF: Yeah, it's just mind-boggling, especially the younger the year. They just fly back to where they're supposed to fly back to. And how do they know, right? It's just amazing. He's banded this one. You can see the little band there so he's probably breeding now in this area. There's a little band there. 15:26 EA: So was he banded here, do you think? 15:28 FF: Oh yeah. I'm sure. He's probably¿ 15:32 EA: Is he frightened right now? Must be totally frightened, right? 15:34 FF: A little bit. Yeah. A little bit. 15:37 EA: He's like, what am I doing in this net? 15:39 FF: But they come and they check the nets regularly, like every fifteen minutes so they're very contentious and¿ 15:45 EA: And what will they do with this one since he's already been banded? 15:48 FF: They'll just take a quick look at the number and make sure it's our bird, because, like you said it could, you know, wow, if it was a foreign recovery, wow, that would be something, but chances are this time of year it's a breeding bird. It's on territory now, that's why it keeps flying into the net so it's probably nesting just in this vicinity¿they'll just release it once they identify it, that it's from here. But that'... (Notes truncated)
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- Recorder
- HHB PORTADAT PDR 1000
- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 50
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- Cataloged
- 4 Dec 2008 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 3 Dec 2008 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 4 Dec 2008 - Ben Brotman