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You've identified all the stars of the recording, Bob. As Guy mentioned in this thread's initial post, the top recording was made in bogs associated with Friendship (a mile or so south of the actual town) and was really a stroke of beginner's luck. This particular frog chorus, which took...

I wasn't seeing any color at all when I was taking the photo. :) However, I'm in the barrens so much at night, I've evolved owl-sized eyes. Hmmm ... the photos look quite a bit blurrier here on the thread (at least on my computer) than they do over on the gallery. If they look blurry...

I made some first attempts at time-lapse (bulb) photography around the Mullica and Batsto rivers last night. The top photo below was taken along the Batona Trail around midnight (9/23/07); it's a minute-long exposure using available moonlight. The moon is waxing this week; hopefully next...

Since I enlisted in the forum some four years ago, I've managed to produce a whopping 38 posts (including this one). I've probably mentioned McPhee in a half-dozen of these. That gives the world's best writer something like an, I dunno, .175 batting average? Anyway, I just received the...

Boyd nails the answer to your question, Bob (and Guy). I was so frustrated with my small, basically point-and-shoot digital -- I eventually picked up a digital SLR (when they became affordable) . When I get up and close, I simply click the lens in use over to manual focus. The camera also has...

That's why I posted the info here. When I arrived at the bridge, the fire obviously had just been set. As a matter of fact, the biker saw somebody moving away from the area as he approached from the distance, but didn't get any kind of ID. After the fact, I guess it would have made sense to...

This batch wasn't taken in winter (but today, in fact) and has nothing to do with the Batona Trail, as this thread title might suggest -- but I didn't want to start a new thread to show off more photos. Sooooo ...whenever I take any pix deemed worthwhile, I'll post them here. Maybe I can...

My son and I were traveling south on Carranza Rd. from Tabernacle mid-afternoon today -- a biker and his gal had just pulled over ahead of us at the bridge in Friendship (I had been following them at about a half-mile's distance); the couple waved for me to stop at the bridge. The biker pointed...

Beautiful photos, Boyd. You really nailed the contrast exposure with the first V-C Brook shot. I love it. My man John McPhee writes eloquently of "the Delaware Water Gap, where the big river comes obliquely through the mountain, like a thief through a gap in a fence" in his book "In Suspect...

The bar must of closed early last night. I was having a blast recording a couple of great horned owls near 2am, situated near the very small pond/bog about two miles east of Quaker Bridge on QBR, and got chigger-nailed. Nothing more telling than that warm, itchy feeling as the clump starts to...

Bob, Can you send me a private message with your e-mail address? That way I can send you the file attachment. Thanks, Bill

Thank you, Guy! (I just bid on the set ... no procrastination this time). Bill

Darn it; I was going to partake in the eBay auction for the mags and forgot about it. The bidding has expired. As an aside, McPhee has a published article in the current issue of The New Yorker (9/3/07); the story doesn't mention the pines, but might be of interest to those who love wild...

While overnighting at Mullica Camp several years back, late at night and from the confines of my tent, I heard several coyotes within close proximity to the camp. Since, I've heard packs howling twice (at Spring Hill, and near Friendship's bogs) and recorded them once (along Hampton Gate Road)...

As has Jim, I've done some telescope work in the pines and have also been nocturnally audio-recording frogs, birds, and insects routinely for the past few years. Not a single incident to report here. When actually approached, it has only been by rangers checking to see what I was up to...

A friend of mine and I visited Laurel Hill Cemetery yesterday, which rests above the Schuylkill River on the fringe of Philadelphia. We were on a bit of a photography mission, as this post will quickly reveal. I'm not sure how well I captured the area (my friend does much better; he uses...

The fine photos and trip reports have me itching for another Mullica trip. The last time I was on the Mullica was under a full moon, though that night I exclusively explored the beaver pond section above Lock's Bridge (I didn't know this bridge had a name until reading this thread). I'd...

I've a weakness for scenic wetlands. Your photos are gorgeous, Jeff. There are a few isolated, not-oft visited bogspot locations tucked in my back pocket. I'm always looking for picturesque gems which are also active with nature sounds (for audio-recording purposes), preferaby miles from any...

I wasn't sure where to post this message; it probably doesn't belong here on this section of the forum, but I didn't want to start a thread that stands out on its own; I hereby apologize ahead of time to those who have taken the time to open this. The reason for this post is partly to make a...

This might seem like a rather silly suggestion, but I've hiked the trail both ways, first from Ongs Hat down, then from Lake Absegami up -- and I would be one to suggest the trail be hiked from the south, up. Why? It's simply a matter of seeing what's ahead with a slightly clearer eye -- sun...