Recording Mauritius: Pink Pigeons and Giant Tortoises
Last time we checked in with Jon Erickson he was getting to know a couple of Mauritius Kestrels. This time he’s been out to Ile aux Aigrettes, a tiny island sitting a half-mile off the island of...
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Over the holidays, recordist Jon Erickson spent a couple of weeks on Round Island, a slanting, sun-baked slab of rock about 14 miles off the north coast of Mauritius. He recorded the island’s...
View ArticleSound from the Field: Intruder at the Nest Box!
Jon Erickson is still roaming Mauritius with his microphone, making recordings of the tropic island’s unusual species. That’s him above, installing a microphone to record sounds at a Mauritius Kestrel...
View ArticleRecording Mauritius: Echo Parakeets of Macchabee Forest
Here’s another field report from Jon Erickson, the intrepid volunteer who has been recording (for the Macaulay Library) some of the world’s rarest birds during a 9-month stay in Mauritius. This...
View ArticleRecording Mauritius: Pink Pigeons and Giant Tortoises
Giant tortoise by Jon Erickson. Last time we checked in with Jon Erickson he was getting to know a couple of Mauritius Kestrels. This time he’s been out to Ile aux Aigrettes, a tiny island sitting a...
View ArticleSound from the Field: Petrels on Volcanoes
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View ArticleSound from the Field: Intruder at the Nest Box!
Jon Erickson is still roaming Mauritius with his microphone, making recordings of the tropic island’s unusual species. That’s him above, installing a microphone to record sounds at a Mauritius Kestrel...
View ArticleRecording Mauritius: Echo Parakeets of Macchabee Forest
Sitting in the grass in front of a field station known simply as “Camp”, it is hard to imagine that the birds I am looking at are an endangered species. They seem to be everywhere. At one point, I...
View ArticleRecording Mauritius: Pink Pigeons and Giant Tortoises
Last time we checked in with Jon Erickson he was getting to know a couple of Mauritius Kestrels. This time he’s been out to Ile aux Aigrettes, a tiny island sitting a half-mile off the island of...
View ArticleSound from the Field: Petrels on Volcanoes
Over the holidays, recordist Jon Erickson spent a couple of weeks on Round Island, a slanting, sun-baked slab of rock about 14 miles off the north coast of Mauritius. He recorded the island’s...
View ArticleSound from the Field: Intruder at the Nest Box!
Jon Erickson is still roaming Mauritius with his microphone, making recordings of the tropic island’s unusual species. That’s him above, installing a microphone to record sounds at a Mauritius Kestrel...
View ArticleRecording Mauritius: Echo Parakeets of Macchabee Forest
Here’s another field report from Jon Erickson, the intrepid volunteer who has been recording (for the Macaulay Library) some of the world’s rarest birds during a 9-month stay in Mauritius. This...
View ArticleRecording Mauritius: Pink Pigeons and Giant Tortoises
Giant tortoise by Jon Erickson. Last time we checked in with Jon Erickson he was getting to know a couple of Mauritius Kestrels. This time he’s been out to Ile aux Aigrettes, a tiny island sitting a...
View ArticleSound from the Field: Petrels on Volcanoes
Related StoriesSound from the Field: Intruder at the Nest Box!From the Field: Recording Birdsong in MauritiusField Report: Birds That Sound Like KazoosBook Review: Petrels, Albatrosses &...
View ArticleSound from the Field: Intruder at the Nest Box!
Jon Erickson is still roaming Mauritius with his microphone, making recordings of the tropic island’s unusual species. That’s him above, installing a microphone to record sounds at a Mauritius Kestrel...
View ArticleRecording Mauritius: Echo Parakeets of Macchabee Forest
Sitting in the grass in front of a field station known simply as “Camp”, it is hard to imagine that the birds I am looking at are an endangered species. They seem to be everywhere. At one point, I...
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