{"id":203,"date":"2012-04-11T08:58:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T08:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/singwarte_wordpress\/?p=203"},"modified":"2017-12-09T12:16:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T12:16:37","slug":"vessel-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Vessel tracks I"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 2012<\/strong>
\nDuring the last years, I have been participating in offshore bird- and marine mammal
\nmonitoring <\/strong>trips at the North<\/strong> and the Baltic Sea<\/strong>. Working in the day- and nighttime,
\nI have learned to appreciate both, the sounds of the marine habitat<\/strong> itself and that of
\nthe vessel`s devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Over the years, most of these sounds feel more and more familiar to me. Some devices
\nhave changed their character, being more music instruments than part of an engine.
\nMaybe this is the ordinary process of appropriation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In preperation of the upcoming CD “Hydrograf” I would like to introduce a few of theses
\ndevices\/instruments combined with the always changing geophonies<\/strong> of the marine
\nhabitat.
\n\"12_blog_hydrograf_vordeck\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A. living room \/\/ cabine<\/strong><\/p>\n

At most of these vessels every person inhabits a cabine by him-\/herself. Sound is
\nreally important there.<\/p>\n

Bound in a exhausting working rhythm<\/strong> (six hour rhythm or alternating a whole
\nphotoperiod) everybody needs to rest as much as possible. But there is a small
\nproblem: at most smaller vessels, the cabines are situated next to the engine room<\/strong>.
\nSilence is relative.<\/p>\n

Wich acoustic image<\/strong> do you have when you think about a sailor in it\u00b4s cabin?
\nDry warm air, creaking furniture, a buzzing neon light? Let\u00b4s make the reality check<\/strong>
\n– here are three examples from three different vessels under different weather
\nconditions:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PFR08201_1-10_091115_IMA_kammer_bett_tuer_2101h_geez_mv-beaufort_01_AB-LAV.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR08201, 120329, cabin ambience, MS Hydrograf, North Sea<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PFR08208_1-10_110129_IMA_lueftung_kammer_2029h_2C_W00_geez_nswp_mv-grinna_LAV_09.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR08208, 110129, ventilation, cabin, MS Grinna, North Sea<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PFR08217_1-10_120329_IMA_kammer_3m-welle_0130h_geez_wbank_ms-hydrog_02_ORTF-SD.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR08217, 091115, cabin ambience, MV Beaufort, North Sea<\/p>\n

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B. the anchor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Casting or heaving the anchor often is a highly emotional matter<\/strong>. It means you have
\nreached the area of operation or you are leaving it heading home<\/strong>.
\nBased on viewing buccaneer movies as a child, I had a really precise imagination<\/strong> of
\nhow an anchor has to sound: heavy brazen rattles mingled with the sound of
\nsplashing water. But I had to learn: We don\u00b4t\u00a0 live in the 17th century<\/strong> anymore.<\/p>\n

Please keep in mind an anchor plus chain weights a few tons. So it needs the
\nengine to cast this monster out or heaving it back in. This is the sound when Pedro<\/strong>
\n(really nice guy!) brings back the anchor on board:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PFR08211_1-10_120312_IMA_ankerhieven_vordeck_1806h_5C_3BFT_SUN_W50_geez_nswp_mv-grinna_05_ORTF-SD.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR08211, 120312, heaving anchor, MS Grinna, North Sea<\/p>\n

In most cases, to lay at anchor means less heavy noise<\/strong>, because the main engine
\nisn\u00b4t running. Unfortunetaly a smaller one is running all the day, because a lot of things
\nneed power supply (navigation equipment, light, fridges, laptops to show popcorn
\ncinema movies or photos from the colleague\u00b4s last birding trips…)
\nNevertheless, laying at anchor is a sound recordists paradise<\/strong>. Being passenger on
\nthese ships for years, doesn\u00b4t mean I am familiar with all their sounds – on almost
\nevery trip I discover new ones or interesting unnoticed acoustic spaces.<\/p>\n

C. creatures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, you could ask, but what is with the migrating birds<\/strong>? And where are your
\nstunning cetacean<\/strong> sound recordings?<\/p>\n

pelagic birds:<\/strong> Most of the recognisable pelagic migration is without<\/strong> recognisable
\nsound<\/strong>. There are only a few exceptions: calling Terns (especially in autumn, when the
\nadults are accompanied by their juveniles, uttering constantly contact calls<\/strong>), Gulls
\nscreaming anxiety calls in confrontation<\/strong> with a Skua species and Northern Fulmars
\nFulmarus glacialis<\/em> struggling about food.<\/p>\n

mainland birds:<\/strong> The most exciting moments are nocturnal song bird migration<\/strong>
\nnights! When fog or rain bringing the unrecognisable flocks (flying high, only visible
\non radar) down, my heart is beating fast and I am really electrified<\/strong> – on every occasion
\nanew.<\/p>\n

Thousands of Thrushes or a few waders fighting it\u00b4s way through mist and storm,
\ncalling to each other to stay together. Some birds circling about the illuminated ship
\nor take a seat at deck.
\nUnder worst (for birds) \/best (for bird enthusiasts) conditions one can hear up to
\n1000 Backbirds Turdus merula<\/em>, Song Thrushes Turdus philomelos<\/em>, Fieldfares
\nTurdus pilaris<\/em>, Robins Erithacus rubecula<\/em> within 5 or 10 minutes – staying among
\nthis seemingly endless streams.
\nOnce more I have to state: there is nothing in the world like animal migration.<\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PFR08214_1-10_120315_IMA_vessel_cbbird_cbbird-merula-FC_cstarl_IN.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR08214, thrushes on migration, North Sea<\/p>\n

\"12_blog_arctic_skua\"<\/a>
\nArctic Skua Stercocarius parasiticus<\/em>, 1W, North Sea<\/p>\n

\"12_blog_wrail\"<\/a>
\nWater Rail Rallus aquaticus<\/em>, North Sea<\/p>\n

\"12_blog_nfulmar\"<\/a>
\nNorthern Fulmar Fulamrus glacialis<\/em>, North Sea<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PFR04326_1-10_100913_BIO_nfulm-auduboni-CON_IN_generator_1549h_20C_2BFT_SUN_geez_weisse-bank_mv-hydrogr_15_MS-kopf.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR04326, 100913, Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis<\/em>, agonistic call, North Sea<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PFR04078_1-10_100806_BIO_atern-AD-FC-2-JUV-FC_geez_mv-hydrogr_MS.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR04078, 100806, Arctic Tern Sterna arctica<\/em>, adults+juveniles, calls, North Sea<\/p>\n

mammals:<\/strong> I really tried to record Dolphins or Porpoises – but without success<\/strong>.
\nI saw a lot of Harbour Porpoises Phocoena phocoena<\/em>, a few White Beaked Dolphins
\nLagenorhynchus albirostris<\/em>, Common Seals Phoca vitulina<\/em>, Grey Seals Halichoerus
\ngrypus<\/em> and even one Northern Minke Whale Baleanoptera acutorostrata<\/em> – but I never
\nheard anything, except the drumming of the vessels engines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 2012 During the last years, I have been participating in offshore bird- and marine mammal monitoring trips at the North and the Baltic Sea. Working in the day- and nighttime, I have learned to appreciate both, the sounds of the marine habitat itself and that of the vessel`s devices. Over the years, most of… Continue reading Vessel tracks I<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,30,81,23,38],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-baltic-sea","tag-bird-migration","tag-north-sea","tag-offshore","tag-vessels","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1924,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/1924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}