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Recordist's notes
Beside the hydroelectric Pelton Dam on the Deschutes River the sound is mainly electrical hum, passing traffic and small planes. Suddenly these eagle cries pierced through the drones. His eyrie was on the platform at the top of a very high pole. The electricity company had erected this artificial nesting site next to their dam, presumably as a gesture to nature in the face of their impact on the drowned river canyon and surrounding landscape. The eagle chick was some distance away. His/her screech is impressively loud.
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 47 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “4133 NW Pelton Dam Rd, Madras, OR 97741, USA - Bald eagle chick screeching from its artificial eyrie on a pole” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0