Steve Pelikan asked;
2. Getting close enough to shorebirds to record them w/o flushing them.Anyone
use blinds? I'm sure there's lots of field craft to be learned here,maybe even
from photographers. Suggestions on timing of recording relative to tides/water
level, bird's arrival on the flats, feeding vs. roosting etc would be extremely
valuable to me and (I imagine) others.
Positionning a microphone on a tripod rock etc and aim the mic along the
shoreline toproduce good results.Best done when the tide is out and the birds
are foraging and use a long cable ,one to two hundred feet long. I know someone
who records this way from his sleeping bag in a camper. You have to be patient
but the results can be spectacular. Youcan also do this next to a deer or
salmon carcass to record eagles ,raven crows etc. A photographer friend waits
for the tide to come in to get close ups of shorebirds.
John Neville
BC Canada
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