ML161011
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Subject 1: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Buenos Aires NWR ambiance. Timecode In: 00:00:04. Timecode out: 01:59:30. Notes: Includes many unidentified frog and toad vocalizations and background voices. Subject 2: Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus). Timecode In: 01:03:05. Timecode out: 01:05:06. Subject 3: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Frog and toad chorus by several species. Timecode In: 01:05:08. Timecode out: 01:28:43. Notes: Probable species heard are Bufo cognatus, Bufo alvarius, and Spea multiplicata. Subject 4: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Frog and toad chorus by several species. Timecode In: 01:49:56. Timecode out: 01:58:32. Notes: Probable species heard are Bufo cognatus, Bufo alvarius, and Spea multiplicata. Equipment Notes: Omni mics. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS Show: AZ Frogs Log of DAT #: 10 Engineer: Bill Deputy Date: 07.19.02 (altitude¿ setting things up for the interview) crickets throughout 9:39 croaking 9:58 footsteps, sandy sounding 10:20 -> lots of crickets.. 10:50 footsteps 11:22 fx - weird froggy sound behind the crickets 12:01 fx - funny frog sound 12:16 fx - splashes 12:58 low rumbling of a vehicle 13:21 croaking 13:37 car in bg 13:50 quiet froggy sounds 14:02 little croaks 14:11 car slowly approaching 14:28 off-mic talking 15:03 gurgly splash, light 15:27 off mic talking 15:53 jeep in distance 16:13 clearer vehicle sounds in bg - continue for the next minutes 17:20 jeep approaching 17:30 jeep gets close 17:45 jeep arrives, rattling, rumbling 17:56 jeep shut off, off mic talking JB/SC 18:15 door opens 18:42 JB Hey, cecil?.. 18:53 rusty door opening (showing eachother great plains toad off mic, footsteps in bg) 19:35 JG now this doesn't have a spade.. 19:38 they do, actually it's the shape of the spade.. you see these large swellings? That marks the family, bufo.. the tree toads don't have this parotid gland, and in Southern Arizona that's how we tell them apart. But I may have told you yesterday about the hog-nosed snake, that has a specialized vertebrae that attacks these toads¿ 20:39 CS he was just on the road? (discussion of sound qualities, setting things up) 23:52 footsteps, good door slam at 23:57 24:06 weird frog whiney noises until 26:50 24:42 sliding door shut/open, slammed 27:05 strange frog call, crickets throughout - 28:50 .. spring peepers 29:00 new calls, wwwaaa 29:29 quick weeah 29:34 another "weeah" 29:43 end of frog sounds (taped) 29:50 fx - strange frog sounds 30:09 fx - splashes 30:48 fx - playback of frog, different from bullfrog calls - shorter and higher pitched 31:44 fx - sound of a fly 32:43 walking around the mics.. erratic (crickets¿) 34:04 off mic mumbling 34:48 walking, twigs snapping.. good walking noise 35:11 off mic talking, JB 35:55 JB he wants us to catch¿. 36:06 the other bag? 36:09 whatever's in the car. 36:45 jeep door slam 36:55 Jeep door opens 37:06 jeep door slams - rusty sounding, clangy 37:48 walking around the mics.. bg talking, crickets 38:58 loud footsteps walk past the mic 39:24 weird gutteral frog noise 39:32 footsteps loud and clear 40:03 funny small frog noise 40:44 fx - sloshing sounds 40:54 fx - small frogs croaking 41:27 fx - small splash 41:34 high pitched frog call of great plains toad 41:47 repeated call 41:58 repeat call 42:20 croaky call 42:36 quiet cricket-sounding call. Might be a cricket. 44:07 frog croak and a kerplunk! 44:30 new noises, eeks and waahs 45:19 slow waaahs 47:25 medium pitch waahs, combined with very high pitched plains toads, plains toad calls for a long time, but talking in background 49:20 talking stops, call... (Notes truncated)
Additional species
- Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus
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- Cataloged
- 16 Feb 2010 - David McCartt
- Digitized
- 16 Feb 2010 - David McCartt
- Edited
- 16 Feb 2010 - David McCartt