This post comes from Stephen Vitiello who has been spending time at the Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, VA:
I was tipped off to some sounds to listen for – juvenile barred owls, calling after sunset. I left a pair of DPA 4060s in a tree over night and captured some call and response and a moment of rain. On another evening, I recorded what I believe are spring peepers and bullfrogs, for a brief moment before a massive rain storm and then again, just after the rain.
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Bird Deck
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All Clad
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I Have Found a Shrubbery
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Lovely. Thanks Stephen! It’s great to have you here at the biological station this summer.
– Associate Director, Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia
It’s always a pleasure. I’m so happy. Thanks too for the support (Eric, Butch, Jaime)