ML161665
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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Courtney Sendall. Timecode In: 00:00:51. Timecode out: 00:19:43. Notes: Tiputini Biodiversity Station; Primates; Saki monkeys; Pithecia; Titi monkeys; Callicebus. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Rex Cocroft. Timecode In: 00:22:10. Timecode out: 01:09:15. Notes: Tiputini Biodiversity Station; Treehopper ecology; Insect communication. Subject 3: Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons). Timecode In: 01:16:50. Timecode out: 01:24:03. Subject 4: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Rain, Rainstorm. Timecode In: 01:24:35. Timecode out: 02:07:20. Equipment Notes: Decoded MS Stereo to 0:22:10; Split Track to 1:24:03; Decoded MS Stereo to end. Ecuador DAT Log 9 Key: DPAs: twin DPA 4060 omnis head=spaced MS: undecoded mid-side with MKH50 hypercardioid mid, MKH30 fig8 side 20s: split track or spaced stereo with twin MKH20 omnis CS = Courtney Sendall RC = Rex Cocroft AC = Alex Chadwick FW = Flawn Williams DAT 9: Sunday Oct 30 after breakfast, looking in vain for saki monkeys with researcher Courtney Sendall, MS, no sep, no HP filter. 00032 Courtney describes telemetry equipment for locating monkeys 00200 beep of telemetry gear in mid mike 00240 AC describes telemetry gear, gets CS to ID herself 00340 into the forest behind new housing complex. Monkeys moving branches in trees overhead. Distant generator hum. 00500 farther into forest, walking, some handling noise. 00540 distant titi monkey in forest ambi . Courtney IDs. Then more sound. Bird? Monkey? 00750 decide to change trails.Walking sounds. Less handling noise. Unzip pack. Telemetry sounds. Radio squelch sound. 00930 new position, distant bird sound, then VERY distant titi monkey. Courtney IDs. 01020 Close bird. Other birds. 01110 ***** very distant titi monkeys in quiet forest ambi. 01200 AC: how far away are those titi monkeys? CS: back at camp, 200-300 meters away. AC: will they keep calling like that? No way to know? CS: yep, it's a territorial call, they'll call, another group will respond AC: maybe we should walk back and record those. 01300 ***** more distant titi monkey calls 01400 new ambi, close interesting bird, hammering sounds from building construction 01450 AC standup: ***** It's about 8:30 in the morning. We're on our second hike of the day. The first was to record howler monkeys¿they stopped calling as soon as we reached them. It's now a kind of search for two kinds of monkeys: titi monkeys or saki monkeys. Once again, when we get there they've stopped calling. We're not really very far from camp, I can hear them hammering. They're working on another building. It's so hot out here. It's 8:30 in the morning¿this is our second hike of the day¿I'm completely drenched in sweat. (pause) That's just the wind moving the trees up above. They're very tall. (hammering) And one of the men in camp¿they're building new cabins. You can hear they're not very far away but you can't see them from here, the forest is too dense. 01645 hammering, followed by quiet ambi 01740 ***** nice light bird ambi with very distant titi monkeys 01840 moving around a bit, persistent fly 01925 *****CS: with any luck our group would have responded to that territorial call. They might be a little nervous just 'cause we're here. (followed by ***** good ambi with single bird, wind in trees to 02210.) 02215 Afternoon: split track 20s, walk with Rex to treefall site 02300 around plant in yard, AC setting to take picture, Rex takes pic with his Nikon. (conversation not transcribed.) 02658 arrival at treefall. Voices hot and distorted, then adjust levels. 02830 levels fine now, conversation in hushed tones offmike at treefall. 03030 AC standup (whispering): So we're trying to take some photographs of these treehoppers. And they're at such a delicate point in their lives that they may leave this stem at any m... (Notes truncated)
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- Sennheiser MKH 20; Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 50
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- Cataloged
- 7 Jul 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 7 Jul 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 7 Jul 2010 - Ben Brotman