ML141204
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Subject 1: Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina). Timecode In: 00:01:25. Timecode out: 00:52:51. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Sylvia Earle. Timecode In: 01:03:24. Timecode out: 02:03:56. Notes: Deep sea exploration. Habitat: Bay/Harbor, Marine Shoreline. Equipment Notes: Stereo=2: 1=L, 2=R; Decoded MS stereo; Sennheiser MKH40 Cardioid Mid Mic and MKH30 Bidirectional Side Mic. 00:00 - Seals barking, Chuck Thompson says ¿good morning, .recording will be of wildlife, talks with man asking questions about who will be here etc. 01:26 - 04:54 GREAT SOUNDS:seals sounds, in the water, water ambiance, sounds of hosing down of seals, water swirling around, seagulls, seals panting 04:55 Chuck stops down due to hose noise, people etc. 05:21 - GREAT SEAL SOUNDS, RESUME barking, splashing, water swirling, VERY CRISP, seals breathing and snorting 08:26 Horn honk, man asking questions 8:37 stop down 8:59 Chuck says ¿we are with the coast guard, then someone¿s name ? ¿ 9:04 - 11:38 Seals resume barking 11:39-13:00 Seals BARK VERY LOUD 13:01- seals get quieter, still making sounds, quieter noises and barking, babbling? (do seals babble ?) 14:13 - 15:43 seals sound like they are neighing like a horse, sea gull sounds, seals coughing, (there is hose noise in background and it gets louder) 15:54 Chuck ¿this will be a stop down at 16:05 ¿ 16:14 - ¿another start- up¿ 16:218 - seals resume barking and speaking 17:13 DIFFERENT SEAL W/DISTINCTIVE BARK, (some radio babble on part like from a transmitter) 17:35 more seals, sneezes and breathing, 18:02 HEAVY BREATHING 18:15 seals making seal noises, water 19:38 loud bark, then more seal noises, 21:22 water splashing and seals, hose noise gets more present 22:33 things quiet down a bit, more of that horse neighing sound 23:07 cries from a distance, hose noise still present, sea gulls 24:00 CHECK THIS SEAL OUT!! 25:01 seals making other animal sounds, like a chicken, a goat¿?? Strange seal noises.. interesting 25:53 playing in water sounds, water splashing sounds good, seals also making sounds sea gulls, seals grunting 28:45 seals bark louder, growl, sound like other animals again..a cow? 31:23 Chuck talks, will stop down, will start up again cause hose stopped 31:47 seals barking w/o hose, panting and barking ( DEB¿S COMMENT: I don¿t know if this stuff is better without the hose or not, the hose didn¿t bother me in the other parts, this stuff is good though.) 37:20 airplane approaching and flies overhead and leaves 37:51 Chuck says ¿seals, nature, man, jets, coast guard in Monteray, ¿ 38:10, I think I¿ll stop down 38:44 more sound, water, seals (BANGING ON THE MIKE..not great) 39:10 GREAT SPLASHES AND WATER SOUNDS, SEALS SOUND VERY ACTIVE SWIMMING AND PLAYING ? make seal noises in between some of the swimming, but mostly swimming 42:39 Chuck ¿that was seals with water close in, will try to reach down and get more, people showing up now..it¿s 8:30 in the morning or so..been here about 40 minutes, will get more here 43:28 More seals!! More splashes!! More seal noises!! More fun!!! 45:12 Chuck says ¿okay I had enough. Stop down, 45:15¿ 45:28 Chuck says ¿more interesting sound here¿ 45:32 More seal sounds, quieter water. 46:29 seal cough ? 46:31 seals barking, 47:53 some mike bumping ? 48:10 more good seal noise, seal breathing, 48:39 now they sound like horses!! 49:45 seals sound like they are choking!, then neighing then cool sounds 51:07 seals making seal noises 51:57 neat seal noises 52:39 some type of machinary thing 52:53 Chuck says ¿that¿s enough of this¿ stops tape 54:27 sound resumes, inside.. man ¿all the way, right heel down¿ drilling noise ¿Left toe down, left heel down, rotate your right foot back and forth¿¿ seals in background ¿disable the thrusters, turn control power off¿ men taking quietly in background, off mike, seals ... (Notes truncated)
Additional species
- Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina
Technical information
- Recorder
- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 40
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- Cataloged
- 21 Aug 2009 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 20 Aug 2009 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 21 Aug 2009 - Ben Brotman