Sorry if this is kind of off topic but a week ago we came home (Gardiner, Maine) from somewhere around 9:00 PM and were treated to one of the most bizarre acoustic experiences I have had for a long time. I could hear migrating birds overheard with the ubiquitous cricket chorus but layered on that was the neighbor's dog howling like a wolf, the soft crackling of another neighbor's backyard fire, and the sounds of the local high school football game including the booming announcer and sometimes the high school band and drums and wild cheering.
I had to do a couple of recordings just to document it as I doubt it will ever come together like that again. It was not a heavy nocturnal calling night but if you can block out all the other sounds you may hear some of the birds too. Here are the two recordings I made if anyone is interested and sorry for it not being spot-on target for the listserve... http://soundcloud.com/birdwells/sounds-from-friday-evening-7 http://soundcloud.com/birdwells/sounds-from-friday-evening-6 Jeff Jeff Wells -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
