ML147602
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Subject 1: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Airplane startup ambi. Timecode In: 00:06:00. Timecode out: 00:13:14. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Betsy Harrison Gagn̩. Timecode In: 00:37:35. Timecode out: 00:44:24. Notes: Po'ouli; Hawaii endangered birds. Subject 3: (Interview). Subtitle: Jack Jeffrey. Timecode In: 00:44:25. Timecode out: 00:46:08. Notes: Po'ouli; Hawaii endangered birds. Subject 4: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Birds, insect ambi. Timecode In: 01:01:40. Timecode out: 01:03:41. Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS HAWAII- Birds DAT 3 6:45 am 3/11/98 Les Gilbert (lg) MS recording, figure 8 on right sony d-10 pro sennheiser mics In airport preparing to take off in helicopter 1:09--1:22 aircraft passing 5:59 begin take off helicopter humm to 13:13 13:22 helicopter again passing to 14:20 14:29 birds in background chirping, talking 28: 09 (over radio) Jim Survey 1-4 go ahead --Standby 28:46 Survey . . . talking over radio 35:58 talking about how they search, casual conversation nvg, moving gear around @36:37-45 36 : 52 Bird wasn't found yesterday, was captured 37:36 bg we're at frisbee meadow, got its name when i was on a NSF student originated studies project looking at high elevation rainforest ecosystems shaped like a frisbee round pocket of grass perched at 7000 feet at edge of . . . also used to play frisbee . . . average vegetation about chest height most plants found no where else except ... north slope . . . cold, steep . . . a lot of commitment to work here. . . 38 : 50 bg prob most active time of year, breeding season so singing more than usual, concerned about not just one bird but ecosystem that supports 39:36 Besty Ganea, Harrison in '73 botanist and malacologist, i'm now acting program manager for natural area reserves system. Native ecosystems is reason for living . . . 40:38 bg for me ultimate job evaluation is if all of this is here long after we're gone . . . 43 : 34 bg one burning question what was this place like before people? 44 : 00 bg biggest shock for me was to hear Japanese bush warblers it's an introduced bird-- pretty upset about that and cardinals have moved into the area... 44:25 jj My name is Jack Jeffries i'm a wildlife biologist for fish and wildlife services, refuges my stake of ground is the big island..i'm biologist for . . . national refuge my job is for the birds and that's what i do for a living . . . 45:34 jj the thing is you can go into an area once-- chance of seeing po'ouli nil and go there 100 times and not find and just happen to be there on the 101st time and one just jumps out in front of you--recording gets bad for a bit 46:20 bg this tree we're going by is the geranium that gets to be about 10-15 feet tall . . . @46: 50 going through bush, recording quality bad at certain points walking continued to 48 : 28 bg funny you look back across the gulch and you can't tell there's an open flat space where we camp just looks like a dense compact native shrubland. more walking through vegetation 50:15 jj quite a view 7000 feet below us, clouds below us. .. 51:30 going down to the forest. walking recording getting fuzzy 55 : 33 bg this is an unusual site to see--this called orolabius very unique distribution, one peak in Tahiti and here in Hi 56 : 02 bg that's an opapani you hear in the background 56 : 19 bg Into the forest 56:31 ---honeycreeper whistling 57:20 going up and down 57 : 38 bg we use blue flagging tape to mark our main trail so we can see where we are going... 59 : 03 bg relatively intact area where ground cover is pretty solid ferns-- shuttlecock ferns 59:29 cj are you looking more than listening? 59:32 we sort of like one eye and both ears on the birds one eye on the ground and maybe ... (Notes truncated)
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- Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 40
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- Cataloged
- 21 Oct 2009 - David McCartt
- Digitized
- 21 Oct 2009 - David McCartt
- Edited
- 21 Oct 2009 - David McCartt