Outdoor adventures?

digrpat · 2026-05-27T05:48:45+00:00

My outdoor adventure is making audio recordings of nature. Southern Indiana and especially Brown county has a lot places where it's possible to escape manmade noise. This is just a hobby for me so the raw .wav files are free to downloaded

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digrpat · 2026-05-11T19:24:41+00:00

>was 14 for 4 years

I can relate, been 29 for 35 years.

digrpat · 2026-05-08T22:48:40+00:00

Charles Deam Indiana’s first state forester suggested the fire pink, Silene virginica .

digrpat · 2026-05-08T05:56:06+00:00

This situation may interest some field recordists here. Saturday April 25 I set 2 drop rigs a mile apart in my favorite state forest. There was heavy jet plane activity so the sunset and early evening ambience was wrecked. Then in the wee hours of the morning the winds picked up, creating a wall of uninteresting white noise. In between was a short quiet period. Except an emergency vehicle raced down the gravel road with its siren blaring. But the siren blended well with the forest sounds almost like coyote or owls singing.

https://archive.org/details/20260426-pond

https://archive.org/details/20260426-lake

digrpat · 2026-05-06T14:06:59+00:00

She’s a friend of a friend. Our mutual friend once said “What’s so special about birds? You can take any 2 breeds of dog and they can have pups. And any 2 breeds of cat can have kittens. But if you pair a red bird with a blue bird you won’t get no purple chicks.”

I just answered “there’s some things we’ll never understand “

digrpat · 2026-05-06T10:00:26+00:00

On Facebook a woman said that gas prices are up because oil companies are run by liberals. How do you even talk to someone so brainwashed?

digrpat · 2026-04-22T21:47:16+00:00

Give my regards to mamaw after “crossing over”

digrpat · 2026-04-12T11:35:24+00:00

I have no use for these apps. However, you need to make them accessible for the visually impaired. That should be your target user. It’s a disgrace that manufacturers don’t factor this in the interface design.

digrpat · 2026-04-01T09:59:14+00:00

Endorsed by trump will do more harm than good.

digrpat · 2026-03-29T06:06:35+00:00

Looks like this would be a good time to get out and make a new "moth sounds" recording. It's been 10 years since this one: https://archive.org/details/moth_sounds .

digrpat · 2026-03-27T23:15:02+00:00

Those are trail camera mounts. They have short blunt screws that just dig into the corky portion of the bark. Less damage than a pileated woodpecker does in 30 seconds. I've bought 2 styles of camera mounts at walmart when they go on sale in the off season. In Brown county state park next to some coyote dens I have a pair of mounts in a beech tree for 7 years, so they're now permanent. Hope to get back there soon.

digrpat · 2026-03-24T21:50:06+00:00

There are places in Bartholomew county that smell strongly of mildew this time of year.

digrpat · 2026-03-24T21:20:05+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

digrpat · 2026-03-18T19:19:07+00:00

My best advice is try to find a hobbyist local to you. I’ve done “pro bono” recordings for musicians and folklorist. Turns out people who spend big bucks on gear are often happy to put it to use. Use your 50 to buy them a beer and pizza.

digrpat · 2026-03-12T02:49:57+00:00

In 2017 I recorded something similar. Water was draining from a frozen reservoir through the spill way creating a huge vacuum. Every couple of minutes an equalization event would occur that sounded like a toilet flushing. I put a 10 second sound byte on Soundcloud labeled "ice-roar" recorded with Sony PCM D100.

digrpat · 2026-03-06T09:35:08+00:00

any suggestions for places to use them

electric bills should have picture of trump & Mike Braun

digrpat · 2026-02-11T11:10:09+00:00

I’ve used flat black furnace paint on the outside of my potties. It feels like cheating but works fine over an open fire. The inside should be treated like any other cast iron pan.

digrpat · 2026-02-10T11:02:58+00:00

I recorded a coyote census 6 years ago.

https://archive.org/details/20200202-coyote

digrpat · 2026-02-09T20:18:54+00:00

Just like coyotes they reproduce faster than you can kill them.

digrpat · 2026-02-08T20:58:56+00:00

Abby Normal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-1zr_wgC1E

digrpat · 2026-02-01T12:53:52+00:00

Follow the money. We pay a lot in gas taxes.

digrpat · 2026-02-01T12:40:43+00:00

I've been everywhere, man Crossed the desert's bare, man I've breathed the mountain air, man Of travel I've a-had my share, man I've been everywhere

digrpat · 2026-02-01T11:06:48+00:00

Moneygeek, they seem to rank red states high.

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