#131. Rauzon, M. J. Dec. 2003. The Tahiti Petrels-Night on Mount Lata, Ta'u

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SOUND FILES ONLY! Rauzon, M. J. The Tahiti Petrels. Excerpt from CD jacket: "This CD is an aural window into the ancient past when Polynesia was only populated with seabirds, fruit bats and other things that go bump in the night. Recorded in December 2001 and 2002 using a parabolic dish to amplify calls below the cliff. Surf and wind noise have been filtered out so the birds' calls can be more readily heard. Taped and produced by Mark J. Rauzon with support from the US Fish & Wildlife Service and the University of Hawaii."

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Track

Title

Duration (mm:ss)

1

Tahiti Petrel Moans-Ground Calls

    04:04   

2

Rain and Baby-Like Petrel Calls

    00:45

3

Dueting, Wheezing Petrel Ground Calls

    05:34

4

Insistent, Shrieking, Hoarse Petrel Calls

    01:39 

5

Sharp Whistles, Mule-like Petrel Calls

    02:19  

6

Known Petrel #3-Female? 447 G. Feathers Collected

    00:40

7

Cave Drip, Haunted Place

    00:29

8

Rain and Aerial Petrel Calls

    01:58

9

Wall of whistles, Tahiti Petrels, a few Audubon Shearwaters

    19:37

10

Aerial recording, Mino and Mark talk, almost fall off cliff

    01:13

11

Cicadas and Petrel Whistles

    00:55 

12

Cicadas and petrel moaning, cicadas end for the night

    17:12

13

Surf noise from Valley below; echoes of seabirds off cliff

    02:31

14

Fruitbats, cicadas and wattled honeyeaters Samoan choir with Village sounds

    09:34