Hi,
I haven't posted new recording on my site in recent weeks, and I
recorded only a few hours of Belgian bird songs and calls... But I
though I would share some samples before I find the time to add them all
the proper way...
On may 15, at 6:11 AM, in Rochefort, a Common Nightingale (Luscinia
megarhynchos) starts a very long solo. That day, I recorded about 90
minutes of Nightingale songs. This is one of the nicest extracts (about
10 minutes) :
http://www.soundsnatural.be/mp3/DL037-1.mp3 (Telinga stereo + Portadisc)
On May 31, at 11:54 PM in Loupoigne. In the middle of a sugar beet
field, I am surrounded by birds who seem to circle around me. But that
might have been just an impression... Strange feeling, though, in a
pitch-dark night. I recorded about 40 minutes of that monotonous
concert. Young Long-eared Owls (Asio otus), and Northern Lapwing
(Vanellus vanellus):
http://www.soundsnatural.be/mp3/DL039-27.mp3 (Telinga stereo +
Portadisc)
I returned to the same area on the following nights and, during one of
these trips, at 0:37 AM, I stopped right under a tree from which a young
Long-eared Owl is calling (Asio otus) :
http://www.soundsnatural.be/mp3/DL040-2.mp3 (Telinga stereo + Portadisc)
This funny guy made a surprise visit to our garden, on that early
evening of June... Not a native, for sure. Most likely escaped from a
cage. It was black with a white collar (a Mynah Bird ?) It visited
several gardens in the neigbourhood :
http://www.soundsnatural.be/mp3/DL041-C.mp3 (Sony ECM957 + Sony MZ-R50)
It took me several early mornings in the Famenne -- one of the most
attractive and quietest regions of Belgium -- to record this singer... I
think it is a Eurasian Linnet (Carduelis cannabina). Unfortunately, my
Portadisc started to erase first tracks once again, and I lost 2 very
good recordings :
http://www.soundsnatural.be/mp3/DL042-2.mp3 (Telinga stereo + Portadisc)
http://www.soundsnatural.be/mp3/DL042-3.mp3 (Telinga stereo + Portadisc)
This nighttime visitor was at times quite scary, making strange, loud
noises. These are not the most dramatic (July 29, 0:20) :
http://www.soundsnatural.be/mp3/DL042-17.mp3 (Telinga stereo +
Portadisc)
Later on, the same night, thunder completed the soundscape ...
http://www.soundsnatural.be/mp3/DL042-22.mp3 (Telinga stereo +
Portadisc)
DL
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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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