[pct-l] Bear canisters/grouse

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

The first time I heard it, I hadn't a clue what it was. I thought I was 
imagining it. But it was too regular. And I really couldn't zero in on where 
it was coming from--somewhere in the woods, over there, maybe.

Then I read a story where the noise was described by the main 
character...maybe it was a Jack London novel...and I realized that the noise 
was being made by a bird, of all things! I had known that turkeys gobbled 
and eagles screeched and song birds did their thing, but a "whompf, whompf, 
whompf, whompf" sound? Always regular and so deep that it seems to echo off 
every trunk in the forest.

And the riot comes when you come upon one suddenly and they try to lure you 
away from the nest with the broken wing show...



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Schenk" <gwschenk at socal.rr.com>
To: <ned at mountaineducation.org>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear canisters/grouse


> On 10/1/2010 3:40 PM, ned at mountaineducation.org wrote:
>> And pretty loud, too!
>
> For years I thought there was something loose in my pack making that 
> noise. Every break I'd rearrange things trying to stop that whumping 
> sound.
>
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