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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2015 6:16:29 GMT -5
Particularly high sound levels at this spot. 40 foot tall bamboo behind, large lotus, water lilies and emergents to the right.
Each plant providing habitat for a variety frogs and bugs.
Need a sound meter to measure decibels, not kidding, it is loud. Critter quadraphonia
Thinking about selling sound tracks to the movie industry.
Sounds change throughout the summer, depending on what breeding state the frogs are in and what insects are moving thru.
Have stayed in tropical jungles in Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Jamaica and Florida. This is the loudest I have ever experienced.
Probably due to the bizarre variety of wetland plants and amount of shallow water habitat.
Ready ? Clip # yes-13, mid night last night:
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 15, 2015 16:55:40 GMT -5
OMG, that is LOUD! They all sound really happy there...
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Post by mohs on Jun 15, 2015 17:19:47 GMT -5
overdub the two and it fits right
ummagumma
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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2015 17:44:02 GMT -5
OMG, that is LOUD! They all sound really happy there... I can not describe how loud it is. The bass in the ponds grow very fast, as do the snakes. Poor frogs. Would snakes hear those frogs from afar and come to feed on them ? |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2015 17:50:50 GMT -5
OK mohs, the two running together should give great nightmares. That was bizarre. |
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Post by mohs on Jun 15, 2015 19:28:30 GMT -5
yes it is james!!!
and w/flash light it makes for a great video
the Pink Floyd sounds were vocals... mostly
towards the end when the Pict starts raving
it gets really creepy
you could shorten the Pink Floyd recording for the over dub
maybe play around w/ some digital editing software
slowing your sounds down
you might hear even more distinct creepy things
too bad its not Halloween
we'll have to remember this sound clip
during the annual Halloween Rocks thread...
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Post by captbob on Jun 15, 2015 21:46:50 GMT -5
Snakes can't hear.
Bet they know where the buffet is anyway.
Hope the ponds are far removed from your house!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 6:09:47 GMT -5
Snakes can't hear. Bet they know where the buffet is anyway. Hope the ponds are far removed from your house! I got on the ATV parked out front. Walked by two water snakes in 50 feet. Creek 100 feet behind the house and this video made 200 feet in front at the other creek/pond area. Water snakes feed at night and constantly crossing by the house to get to the creeks on each side. Many with a bulge in there body. They get toads around the house. On two occasions in countless hours working in my little wetlands have witnessed King snakes attacking water snakes. Both outcomes were the same, The Kings were both 1/4 the weight of the water snake, like a skinny 28 inches, and the water snake a fat 32 inches. Both attacks occurred within 5 feet of the pond's edge. The Kings wrapped the front 7-8 inches of the water snakes to choke him out. And the water snakes frantically rolled and wiggled into the water where the Kings let go of them. Both attacks puzzling, I do not think the Kings could have swallowed them. As if to kill the water snake. hobby, kicks ? |
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Post by snowmom on Jun 16, 2015 7:09:53 GMT -5
misguided instinct to hunt moving prey (no idea how big it is, but it moves and smells tasty!)?
That was a hoot! I think you definitely have a winner, there. Tree frogs near my daughter's house by the river can get noisy, but you have a chorus of other things going on there too. Do you get cicadas/locust singing in there during late summer as well? Amazing sound. I loved it!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 8:09:03 GMT -5
Coon's eye viewpoint, Oklawaha River, Ocala Nat Forest. Maybe he needs some alligator shoes  |
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Post by captbob on Jun 16, 2015 8:18:47 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 8:32:39 GMT -5
misguided instinct to hunt moving prey (no idea how big it is, but it moves and smells tasty!)? That was a hoot! I think you definitely have a winner, there. Tree frogs near my daughter's house by the river can get noisy, but you have a chorus of other things going on there too. Do you get cicadas/locust singing in there during late summer as well? Amazing sound. I loved it! Mostly the grass hoppers, locust, and especially katydids from the insect family. The various frogs have different sounds over the season. Cicadas when out. That 200 foot stretch of road has tall bamboo leaning over your head and draping. It is a bit of a tunnel. Many strong sounds coming out of it from above reflecting off the ground, a bit of a sound studio. Spring peepers, leopard frogs, bull frogs, two types tree frogs, two types of toads. That makes 7 types of frogs. Probably a few more. Older bull and leopard frogs make different sounds within their size range. Especially the bull frogs. Add owls and whippoorwill. Whippoorwill have disturbed visitors staying over. It sounds that loud during the day when a storm rolls in. whippoorwill sound free-loops.com/7087-whippoorwill-call.htmlwhippoorwill:  |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 8:49:27 GMT -5
Same article that photo got sniped from. The stretch of the Oklawaha from Hwy 19 to the St. John's River is an incredible gator sanctuary. Especially the parallel branch running south of the Oklawaha that is about canoe only accessible. |
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Post by liz on Jun 16, 2015 17:39:41 GMT -5
willWe have whipoorwills here in South Carolina,I love to hear them
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 19:14:52 GMT -5
willWe have whipoorwills here in South Carolina,I love to hear them Hi Liz. Amazing sound, the sound track did not do it justice. again, it freaks visitors out. |
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Post by snowmom on Jun 17, 2015 3:41:11 GMT -5
we had them in IL too, daughter would complain they were keeping her awake. Noisy little devils. (darn cute though)
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Post by jamesp on Jun 18, 2015 8:40:14 GMT -5
we had them in IL too, daughter would complain they were keeping her awake. Noisy little devils. (darn cute though) A bird called a woodcock here is similar. Actually a game bird. Rarely seen.    |
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Post by snowmom on Jun 18, 2015 12:17:30 GMT -5
we've got those too! Silly looking little devils, about as dumb as a tree. Interesting though. I came across one on a gravel road not long ago, he was so busy stamping his feet and watching ants come up out of the ground that he did not notice my car. I parked and he never noticed me until I was within a few feet of him, shooed him out of the road (he flew off immediately once he saw me) and went on my way.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 18, 2015 12:49:24 GMT -5
we've got those too! Silly looking little devils, about as dumb as a tree. Interesting though. I came across one on a gravel road not long ago, he was so busy stamping his feet and watching ants come up out of the ground that he did not notice my car. I parked and he never noticed me until I was within a few feet of him, shooed him out of the road (he flew off immediately once he saw me) and went on my way. They do seem to lack intelligence LOL. They also stay put till you almost step on them. Promptly giving you a heart attack when they take off. i think the bird w/a fan is a grouse. They are both hunted together. Strange looking game bird ""Ever since I started hunting I’ve wanted to chase the elusive, mystical woodcock, a bird so steeped in mythology it was once thought to spend its summers on the surface of the moon. Timberdoodles, mud snipe, bog sucker, wood elf — all names for Scolopax minor, the lewdly named woodcock. OK, get your jokes out of the way. Lord knows I’ve told more than my share about this bird. But when you’re done, you really ought to do everything in your power to actually eat one of these birds. Many who have eaten them say that woodcock is the king of game birds, greater even than ruffed grouse or canvasback duck. The flavor of woodcock is strong, gamey-in-a-good-way, and like nothing else. Some say the earth moves when you bite into one that has been perfectly cooked: pink, and just a little bloody. That may be a bit much, but only a bit.""  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 18, 2015 13:05:03 GMT -5
A bird called a woodcock here is similar. Actually a game bird. Rarely seen. He looks like his head is on backwards, and the bill is coming off the wrong end!
We have the whippoorwills/nightjars/goatsuckers here. Found a young one alongside a trail while hiking in June 2009 near Alpine. I guess mom had left him there, thinking he was perfectly camouflaged. He was, pretty much. I didn't even see him until I was a foot away, and he moved. 
A cutie! I set him back down after I took a couple pics.
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