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Sections below are the following:
Transcript of Audio
Audio Notes and Acknowledgments
Images
Sources
Related Water Radio Episodes
For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.).
Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 8-16-21.
TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO
From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of June 28, 2021. This is a revised version of an episode from August 2013.
MUSIC – ~11 sec – instrumental
That’s part of “Bass Fisherman’s Reel,” an adaptation of a traditional
tune called “Fisher’s Hornpipe,” by Williamsburg musician Timothy Seaman on his
2004 album, “Virginia Wildlife.” The
music sets the stage for a “reel” story about fishing equipment and a summer bird
of prey. We start with a series of mystery
sounds. Have a listen for about 20
seconds, and see if you can guess how the first two sounds add up to the third.
And here’s a hint: misplaced line makes for a tangled, feathered fisher.
SOUNDS - ~19 sec
If you guessed, an Osprey running afoul of some fishing line, you’re
right! You heard he call of an Osprey,
or “Fish Hawk,”; the sound of fishing line, being reeled in; and part of a
rescue of an Osprey chick stuck in fishing line. The latter sound was taken from the “Osprey
Cam,” the Chesapeake Conservancy’s real-time video transmission from an Osprey
nest on Kent Island, Maryland. On July
29, 2013, the camera showed that one of that year’s three chicks had gotten its
legs caught in fishing line. Some
viewers of the bird’s predicament went to the site, waded out to the nest with
a ladder, and climbed up and disentangled the chick.
Unwittingly, this lucky Osprey chick had starred in a
documentary about the value of fishing-line recycling stations. Birds, sea turtles, and other animals can get
stuck in, or eat, improperly discarded fishing line, nets, or other plastic
items. Such material can also get caught
in boat propellers or intakes. Recycling
programs for fishing line are one way to help reduce these threats. Virginia began a statewide fishing-line
recycling program in 2009, run jointly by the Department of Wildlife
Resources—formerly the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries—and the Marine
Resources Commission. Recycling is now available
at many boat ramps, parks, and marinas, as well as at some outdoor-equipment
businesses. At those locations, anglers
can look for the distinctive plastic tubes with a curved top, and help put
plastic back to use, instead of on a beak or fin.
Thanks to Lang Elliot and the Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs, to Timothy Seaman, and to the Chesapeake Conservancy, respectively, for permission to use this week’s sounds of an Osprey, fishing line, and the Osprey chick rescue. Thanks also to Mr. Seaman for this week’s music, and we close with about 20 more seconds of “Bass Fisherman’s Reel.”
MUSIC – ~20 sec – instrumental
SHIP’S BELL
Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water
Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources
and Environment. For more Virginia water
sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call
the Water Center at (540) 231-5624. Thanks
to Stewart Scales for his banjo version of Cripple Creek to open and close this
show. In Blacksburg, I’m Alan Raflo,
thanking you for listening, and
wishing you health, wisdom, and good water.
AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This Virginia Water Radio episode revises and replaces Episode 175, 8-19-13.
The Osprey call sounds were from the Stokes Field Guide
to Bird Songs-Eastern Region CD set, by Lang Elliott with Donald and
Lillian Stokes (Time Warner Audio Books, copyright 1997), used with permission
of Lang Elliott. Lang Elliot’s work is available online at the “Music of
Nature” Web site, http://www.musicofnature.org/.
The fishing line sound and musical excerpt from “Bass Fisherman’s Reel,” on the 2004 album “Virginia Wildlife,” is copyright Timothy Seaman and Pine Wind Music, used with permission. More information about Timothy Seaman is available online at https://timothyseaman.com/en/.
The sounds of the rescue of an Osprey chick caught in fishing line were taken
from a video recorded by the Chesapeake Conservancy’s “Osprey Cam,” available
online at http://www.chesapeakeconservancy.org/Osprey-Cam,
used with permission. For more information about the camera or the Conservancy,
contact the Conservancy at 716 Giddings Avenue, Suite 42, Annapolis, Maryland
21401; phone (443) 321-3610; e-mail: info@chesapeakeconservancy.org.
Click here if you’d like to hear the full version (1 min./11 sec.) of the “Cripple Creek” arrangement/performance by Stewart Scales that opens and closes this episode. More information about Mr. Scales and the group New Standard, with which Mr. Scales plays, is available online at http://newstandardbluegrass.com.
IMAGES
SOURCES
Used for Audio
Boat US Foundation, online at https://www.boatus.org/clean-boating/recycling/fishing-line-recycling/.
Chesapeake Conservancy, “Webcams/Osprey,” online at https://www.chesapeakeconservancy.org/ospreycam.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, “Commission, “Reel.
Remove. Recycle – Don’t Leave Your Line Behind,”
online at https://mrrp.myfwc.com/.
Cornell University Lab of Ornithology, “All About Birds,” online at http://www.allaboutbirds.org. The Osprey entry is online at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Osprey/. Video from an Osprey camera at Savannah, Georgia, is available online at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/savannah-ospreys/.
Outdoor News, “State
Agencies Initiate Fishing Line Recycling Program,” 2/10/09.
[Easton, Md.] Star Democrat, Osprey cam chick Ozzie is rescued, 8/7/13.
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (formerly
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries):
“Fish and Wildlife Information Service,” online at https://services.dwr.virginia.gov/fwis/; the Osprey entry is online at https://services.dwr.virginia.gov/fwis/booklet.html?&bova=040095&Menu=_.Taxonomy&version=18845; “Recycle Your Fishing Line” is online at https://dwr.virginia.gov/fishing/recycle-your-line/.
Virginia Marine Resources Commission, “Introducing the Virginia Fishing Line Recycling Program,” online at https://mrc.virginia.gov/rec_assessment/VFLRP_AD.shtm.
For More Information
about Birds in Virginia and Elsewhere
Chesapeake Bay Program, “Birds,” online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/field-guide/all/birds/all.
Cornell University
Lab of Ornithology, “Birds of the World,” online at https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home
(subscription required).
Cornell University Lab of Ornithology, “Merlin Photo
ID.” The application for mobile devices allows users to submit a bird
photograph to get identification of the bird. Information is available online
at http://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/.
Cornell University Lab of Ornithology and the Audubon Society, “eBird,” online
at https://ebird.org/home.
Here you can find locations of species observations made by contributors, and
you can sign up to contribute your own observations.
National Audubon Society, online at https://www.audubon.org/.
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, “Animal Diversity
Web,” online at https://animaldiversity.org/.
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (formerly Department of Game and Inland Fisheries), “List of Native and Naturalized Fauna in Virginia, August 2020,” online (as a PDF) at https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/virginia-native-naturalized-species.pdf.
Virginia Society of Ornithology, online at http://www.virginiabirds.org/.
The Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study, conservation,
and enjoyment of birds in the Commonwealth.
Xeno-canto Foundation, online at http://www.xeno-canto.org/.
This site provides bird songs from around the world.
RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES
All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html). See particularly the “Birds,” ‘Overall Importance of Water,” and “Recreation” subject categories.
FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION
Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs)
that may be supported by this episode’s audio/transcript, sources, or other
information included in this post.
2020 Music SOLs
SOLs at various
grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other
fine arts and other fields of knowledge.”
2018 Science SOLs
Grades K-4: Living
Systems and Processes
2.5 – Living things are part of a system.
4.3 – Organisms, including humans, interact with one another
and with the nonliving components in the ecosystem.
Grades K-5: Earth Resources
K.11 – Humans use resources.
1.8 – Natural resources can be used responsibly, including
that most natural resources are limited; human actions can affect the
availability of natural resources; and reducing, reusing, and recycling are
ways to conserve natural resources.
3.8 – Natural events and humans influence ecosystems.
4.8 – Virginia has important natural resources.
Grade 6
6.9 – Humans impact the environment and individuals can
influence public policy decisions related to energy and the environment.
Life Science
LS.9 – Relationships exist between ecosystem dynamics and
human activity.
Earth Science
ES.6 – Resource use is complex.
ES.8 – Freshwater resources influence and are influenced by
geologic processes and human activity.
Biology
BIO.8 – Dynamic equilibria exist within populations,
communities, and ecosystems, including that natural events and human activities
influence local and global ecosystems and may affect the flora and fauna of
Virginia.
2015 Social Studies SOLs
Civics and Economics Course
CE.3 – Citizenship rights, duties, and responsibilities.
CE.7 – Government at the state level.
CE.10 – Public policy at local, state, and national levels.
Government Course
GOVT.8 – State and local government organization and powers.
GOVT.9 – Public policy process at local, state, and national
levels.
Virginia’s SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online
at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/.
Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels.
Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rd
grade.
Episode
255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.
Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for
kindergarten.
Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for
kindergarten through 12th grade.
Episode 333, 9-12-16 –
on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th
grade.
Episode 403, 1-15-18 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten
through 3rd grade.
Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4th
through 8th grade.
Episode 406, 2-5-18 – on ice on rivers, for middle school.
Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high
school.
Episode 483, 7-29-19 – on buoyancy and drag, for middle school
and high school.
Episode 524, 5-11-20 – on sounds by water-related animals, for
elementary school through high school.
Episode 531, 6-29-20 – on various ways that animals get water,
for 3rd and 4th grade.
Episode 539, 8-24-20 – on basic numbers and facts about Virginia’s water resources, for 4th and 6th grade.
