ML141221
Environmental
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Subject 1: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Ocean surf ambi. Timecode In: 00:00:17. Timecode out: 00:03:46. Subject 2: Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani). Timecode In: 00:06:35. Timecode out: 00:09:29. Notes: Time of Day: 0820. Subject 3: California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Timecode In: 00:26:48. Timecode out: 00:27:23. Notes: Time of Day: 0840. Subject 4: California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Timecode In: 00:35:07. Timecode out: 00:35:37. Notes: Time of Day: 0850. Subject 5: Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin). Timecode In: Unknown. Timecode out: Unknown. Subject 6: Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus). Timecode In: Unknown. Timecode out: Unknown. Subject 7: Yellow-breasted Flycatcher (Tolmomyias flaviventris). Timecode In: Unknown. Timecode out: Unknown. Habitat: Ocean. Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo; Spaced Omni Stereo. NMS - Channel Islands DAT #5 0:01-0:11 Slate 1, taping sea lions 0:12-ambi. rushing water, crashing waves 3:47-voice: looking for ms, looking for seabirds and sea lions 4:23-4:40 fx: sound of walking in wet sand ambi water more distant than at 0:12, occasional bird chirp 6:00ish 6:35 -11:00 fx: bird chirping becomes increasingly louder and more frequent, Black Oystercatcher 8:55 diff. bird? chirping two birds chirping together 10:05 -10:40 walking on rock? sounds continued ambi. of birds chirping, sea lions? and water 14:00 -15:00 distant calling, echo-ing-sea lions? with crashing waves recurs at 15:15-15:18 16:05 -18:25 switching over to omnis? "sounds like they are overhead" angry sounding squawking 18:33 -back to ms again sea lions ahead a couple of yards sea lions 100 ft ahead (big ones) 22:41 about 25 ft. away, they are sleeping birds chirping and water intense at 23:55? 26:57 -28:00 great fx--successive sea lion calls repeating 3/4 times w/ pauses in between 28:56 fifty sea lions in front of him, don't seem to care. 30:40-30:14 two? sea lions calling 31:43 "taking off this furry monster"?" not windy at all" 33:47 walking sounds feet on gravel, rock 35:08 gr fx of sea lion (walking in background) fx grows distant 38:23; 38:52 sea lion 39:56-40:15 bird fx ambi. water 43:05 single call 43:20 fx? bird chirping 46:40 more calls from sea lion 48:40 still ros? oyster catcher bird chirp 49:21 "fog horn" 49:44 take two "fog horn w/ furry thing on" 50:15 fog horn 50:28; 50:44; 50:59 fog horn-better 51:08 motor starting bg talk, snapping pictures splashing water 52:42 second take on fog horns and sea lions. snapping pictures? 55:09 motor starting; try the other side ... bg talking about steering of the boat 57:47 still ms, trying again without camera water, fog horns, and sea birds getting quieter and calmer 1:01:00 That's the primary brown pelican breeding area in the entire world, you can see all the bird guano that's there--we almost lost all the brown pelicans with that DDT these animals that rested right here had almost zero recruitment with their chicks the shells were so thin on account of the DDT buildup in the hens that they would sit on the shells and break them. now they're coming back very strongly they're coming back very well ...1:01:34 camera reloading, snapping more pictures, trying to contact via radio going over--1:04:39 plan to come back in kayak. DAT ends at 1:05:00.
Additional species
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- California sea lion Zalophus californianus
- Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Olive-faced/Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias viridiceps/flaviventris
Technical information
- Recorder
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 9 Sep 2009 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 9 Sep 2009 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 9 Sep 2009 - Ben Brotman