RE: [nfc-l] NFC Report Week of 10/1 through 10/7/2016

2016-10-24 Thread John Kearney 
Yes we had over 100 mm of rain and over 100 km/hr wind. A strong wind can blow 
water through small holes too. I found that tipping a flower pot mic slightly 
helps to let the water run off.

 

From: bounce-120926452-28417...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-120926452-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jerald
Sent: October-24-16 11:31
To: John Kearney 
Cc: nfc-l ; Samuel Miller 
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] NFC Report Week of 10/1 through 10/7/2016

 

John,

 

I built my mic using the plans on Bill Evans' site. I waterproofed it by 
putting plastic wrap over the top, however there is an infinitesimal hole where 
the audio cable comes through, and apparently water got in through that. I had 
never had problems before, so I figured it would be fine. I guess the rain was 
just too  heavy that day though.

 

Jerald

 

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:02 AM, John Kearney mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote:

Thanks for sharing this Jerald. 

I’ve had the worse week ever for microphone damage. We were hit with the 
remnants of Hurricane Matthew and then another severe storm.

What kind of microphone do you make and how do you waterproof it?

John 

Carleton, NS

 

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Subject: [nfc-l] NFC Report Week of 10/1 through 10/7/2016

 

Hello all,

 

Sorry I've fallen a bit behind in posting these, I've been extremely busy and 
just haven't had time to go through my calls. High school is such a blast. 
Anyway, getting down to the interesting stuff... 

During this period my supposedly waterproof homemade mic managed to get soaking 
wet in a huge rainstorm, so I was unable to record on 3 nights while I waited 
for new parts to arrive. This week I had 265 calls, of which 189 were 
identifiable.The most numerous call was Swainson's Thrush. Below are totals for 
each night, as well as species totals (estimated minimum individuals in 
parentheses)

 

10/1 48 (Moderate E/SE winds)

 

10/2 No data

 

10/3 No data

 

10/4 No data

 

10/5 143 (Moderate NE winds)

 

10/6 65

 

10/7 9

 

 

Great Blue Heron 7(1)

Green Heron 2(1)

Killdeer 32(11)

Swainson’s Thrush 62(21)

Veery 18(6)

Gray-cheeked Thrush 1(1)

Thrush Sp. 2

Blackpoll Warbler 5(2)

Cape May Warbler 2(1)

Common Yellowthroat 1(1)

Magnolia Warbler 3(1)

Northern Parula 5(2)

Yellow-rumped Warbler 1(1)

Pine Warbler 2(1)

Palm Warbler 2(1)

Warbler Sp. 55

Savannah Sparrow 45(15)

White-throated Sparrow 1(1)

Passerine Sp. 18

Bird Sp. 1

 

I still have over 400 calls to classify from the past two weeks, but I should 
have them out soon. Also, I'm working on a full report from this season, 
complete with charts showing wind data, calls per hour, etc. I hope to have 
that out by mid-November.

 

Jerald

Dover, DE

 

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Re: [nfc-l] NFC Report Week of 10/1 through 10/7/2016

2016-10-24 Thread Jerald 
John,

I built my mic using the plans on Bill Evans' site. I waterproofed it by
putting plastic wrap over the top, however there is an infinitesimal hole
where the audio cable comes through, and apparently water got in through
that. I had never had problems before, so I figured it would be fine. I
guess the rain was just too  heavy that day though.

Jerald

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:02 AM, John Kearney 
wrote:

> Thanks for sharing this Jerald.
>
> I’ve had the worse week ever for microphone damage. We were hit with the
> remnants of Hurricane Matthew and then another severe storm.
>
> What kind of microphone do you make and how do you waterproof it?
>
> John
>
> Carleton, NS
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-120924466-28417...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
> bounce-120924466-28417...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jerald
> *Sent:* October-24-16 00:40
> *To:* nfc-l ; Samuel Miller 
> *Subject:* [nfc-l] NFC Report Week of 10/1 through 10/7/2016
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> Sorry I've fallen a bit behind in posting these, I've been extremely busy
> and just haven't had time to go through my calls. High school is such a
> blast. Anyway, getting down to the interesting stuff...
>
> During this period my supposedly waterproof homemade mic managed to get
> soaking wet in a huge rainstorm, so I was unable to record on 3 nights
> while I waited for new parts to arrive. This week I had 265 calls, of which
> 189 were identifiable.The most numerous call was Swainson's Thrush. Below
> are totals for each night, as well as species totals (estimated minimum
> individuals in parentheses)
>
>
>
> 10/1 48 (Moderate E/SE winds)
>
>
>
> 10/2 No data
>
>
>
> 10/3 No data
>
>
>
> 10/4 No data
>
>
>
> 10/5 143 (Moderate NE winds)
>
>
>
> 10/6 65
>
>
>
> 10/7 9
>
>
>
>
>
> Great Blue Heron 7(1)
>
> Green Heron 2(1)
>
> Killdeer 32(11)
>
> Swainson’s Thrush 62(21)
>
> Veery 18(6)
>
> Gray-cheeked Thrush 1(1)
>
> Thrush Sp. 2
>
> Blackpoll Warbler 5(2)
>
> Cape May Warbler 2(1)
>
> Common Yellowthroat 1(1)
>
> Magnolia Warbler 3(1)
>
> Northern Parula 5(2)
>
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 1(1)
>
> Pine Warbler 2(1)
>
> Palm Warbler 2(1)
>
> Warbler Sp. 55
>
> Savannah Sparrow 45(15)
>
> White-throated Sparrow 1(1)
>
> Passerine Sp. 18
>
> Bird Sp. 1
>
>
>
> I still have over 400 calls to classify from the past two weeks, but I
> should have them out soon. Also, I'm working on a full report from this
> season, complete with charts showing wind data, calls per hour, etc. I hope
> to have that out by mid-November.
>
>
>
> Jerald
>
> Dover, DE
>
>
>
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