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Incredible, Bob. Just incredible. Congratulations on conquering Marcy; your year of preparation and hard work certainly paid off. (I've had a lifelong agenda to make it up a trail that stopped me as a whippersnapper, in the White Mountains; the Daniel Webster Scout Trail up Madison along the...

A couple of photos lit by tonight's moon -- an old bridge to no where, and the man in the moon is Al, who patiently posed for the 45-second exposure. As a matter of fact, he was patient all night, as I chased owls down with microphones, only to have them repeatedly silence themselves when I'd...

This is the nicest time of the year to be in the bogs, in my opinion. The maples, especially, are magical. I'm dying to make some bog-time this weekend, but one son has a weekend-long baseball tournament (here in Bridgeton) and my other has a weekend-long soccer tournament at Fort...

If you ever see a coyote wheelin' and dealin' with an ACME package, run like hell, Bob. :) Wish I could have witnessed your yote howling and yipping nearby. The closest I've heard (being the same as the recording you mention) was at least a hundred yards off. I've faced a few down in the...

Dawgie, Thems a lot of questions in your post ... but I'll try to answer them all. No. I never made it out to the island. When recording, I tend to stay somewhat near the equipment. A few other folks were in the environs, so I strolled no more than five minutes in any direction. Good...

Ragged Road, Tyndall Island, near Greenwich, NJ A sublime fall afternoon, so I took in some new territory, a PSE&G preserve tucked between Greenwich and the Delaware Bay. I didn't stroll too far from my car, as my recording equipment was setup nearby, but saw enough to determine this area...

In case you missed this quote posted by grendel, Scott ... I know which route I'm taking when the old ticket gets punched.

Reading this thread makes me smile at the memory of a field recording (posted on the forum here somewhere) interrupted by a "Thank God I'm a Country Boy!" drive-by. Once sand-roaded, I'm more keen on having the windows down letting nature make the music, but the paved roads to and fro make...

Hi Chris, I heard the pair this past spring. After they sounded off, I rather excitedly called Al from my cell ... at 2am. :) He yawned while saying he'd never heard pbtf's in Belleplain, before slamming his phone down. Ah, friendship. What thrilled me was the pbtf/northern grays combo...

as good as gold the birds ... and here's a thanks for the kind words from Guy, NJBill, and Grendel, above. bill

A couple of years ago, in early September, and after a very heavy rain, I visited the pine barrens and several species of frogs were in a vocal frenzy. I'd never heard anything like it. Compared to spring, they seemed extra robust -- like they were celebrating during an unexpected, wild party...

Harassed, and "ticketed." I've been approached by rangers while nature recording, but not camping, and that was fine. I had a tent set up in an undesignated spot years back, and that was fined. :)

there's the road, boy! c'mon! you can do it! one more time! lead the way! it's okay! you can go now! it's okay ... it's okay, bennie ... it's okay ... go ... you can go don't go go ... it's okay i'll see you on the other side

Amen to that. I come from Sue's court in regard to "religion," but can use PLP's final sentence, especially when talking about natural beauty and the sense of humbleness one acquires. I remember the first time I paddled up the Tulpehocken River and laid eyes on its meadows. A religious...

No, I'm not. I've done some reading on related discussion forums about using recordings in the field in an attempt to start "live" action -- but I don't think I want to do that. (Al has suggested I try piping out noise, as well). Okay, I might be weird, but I'm patient. I'd just as well have...

Since no one on the forum responded to my inquiry in regard to my wondering if I might be "had for a midnight snack" by one of these coyotes I've been luring up to my microphones (and am willing to offer a large contract to if he or she sings, mind you), I turned to my dear friend (a member of...

Human litter sizes usually number in the neighborhood of "one," Alfie. Two is plenty ("anatomically" speaking, that is. :) ). Bill PS You still stuck in that swamp?

I've been returning to the game preserve where I made the recent coyote recording about once a week, hoping to re-catch some vocals. Last night at midnight, I was walking along the edge of the field I'm pretty sure the recent coyote called from and saw two white eyes reflecting about 30 yards...

Thank you, George. :)

The new seawall has enhanced (with "enhanced" used as a negative connotation) the look at Sea Breeze. Rednek, above, mentions the beach road (named nearly precisely that, Beach Ave.) being partially in the bay during his last visit. Piles and piles of debris used to represent a haphazard, thin...