The Tahiti Petrels Night on Mt. Lata, Ta'u. National Park of American Samoa

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2003-12-01

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Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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The 3000' foot summit of the island of Ta'u is Mt. Lata, a vine and tree fern forest whipped by wind, fog and rain. Two thousand foot cliffs from the south side of the summit to the valley floor below. Before darkness settles in, cicadas pulse a busy-signal before quieting for the night. Fruit bats and wattles honeyeaters are also voices in the forest. After dark, Tahiti petrels, large black and white seabirds, return from feeding at sea and fly around Mt. Lata before landing and visiting their nests under the roots of the dense vegetation. Audubon shearwaters also join the choir of petrel whistles and shrieks. 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 Dec. 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 hear.

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Coversion of a compact disc recording into an Mp3 fomat (this allows compression of sounds into a very small file, to enable digital storage and transmission).

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Petrels, French Polynesia--Tahiti (Island)

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Rauzon, Mark J. December 2003. Tahiti Petrels Night on Mt. Lata, Ta'u. National Park of American Samoa (recording). Technical Report, 131. Honolulu, HI. 71 minutes and 7 seconds

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71 minutes

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