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Recordist's notes
March 18, 2020... recorded ~ 7:45 pm on warm evening after many days of rain, near Lake Maumelle, central Arkansas, USA. Cricket frogs and spring peepers are the main frog calls. Recorded using old Telinga microphones (obsolete) and a Sony D50 recorder.
About the place
Maumelle is a town of about 17,931 people in Arkansas, United States. OttoAnna lists 3 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Parabolic reflectors. Dish reflectors that focus distant sounds – the classic tool for recording individual birds.
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Sources & credits
- “Lunsford Corner, Lake Maumelle, Arkansas, USA - Cricket frogs and spring peepers near Lake Maumelle, March 18, 2020” by dismalhiker – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0