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12.03.2013 at 02.30 Kuopio, Hirvilahti. The twinkling of a myriad of stars and the beams of an almost full moon lighten the dark of the wooded landscape of North Savo. The majestic fir trees are blanketed with snow and their shadows are cast sharply on the snowcovered ground. It is extremely cold at this time just before daybreak and the only sound in the forest is the occasional sharp cracking sounds of contacting wood. The dim moonlight gives just enough light to make out the tracks of a predator which has crossed a small clearing in the woods. The tracks disappear up a snow-covered slope going up towards a huge boulder. The predator is a lynx, the wild cat of the northern regions. The tracks in the snow head upwards to the base of a boulder, the animal has leaped on top of it so that it can survey its surroundings and have a secure sleeping spot. From its guard post it listens intently to the world before raising its head and emitting its mating call which carries to all four corners of this sea of forest. In the still silence of the deep cold, the call of the male lynx carries far into the wilderness; perhaps in some other part of this frozen landscape it will be heard by a female lynx. In this track you can hear two series of mating calls from a male lynx. The second in the series is further away, somewhat muted. During the mating season in March-April, a male lynx may travel as much as twenty kilometers in a single night as it seeks out a female companion.

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from Nature Resounds vol 14 - Following in the Footsteps of the Lynx, released August 14, 2014

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Lauri Hallikainen IPN :10211435 Kuopio, Finland

I live in Eastern Finland, in an area which contains a large number of quiet sites, perfect for recording nature. I've been making nature recordings for over 20 years.

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