Spring Vibrations - Toads & Peepers

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Spring Vibrations - Toads & Peepers

I recorded these trilling American Toads, along with some background birds and rustling marsh grass (among some other sounds), a couple of weeks ago in Sudbury, MA. The males trill in different frequency ranges in order to distinguish themselves, making for a rich sound texture:
Toads 4_2011
I slowed this recording down by nearly an octave (10 semi-tones) and can hear things I couldn’t perceive at normal speed: Toads Slower

Later that day I went to Harvard, MA. As the sun neared the horizon the Spring Peepers began to chorus. In this recording you can hear them get louder and louder until they peak at about the three minute and 30 second mark of the recording: Peepers 4_2011

Friday, May 13, 2011

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