International Dawn Chorus Day - In The Wet

["tk7859"]

Hello All

Last Sunday, 7th May, was International Dawn Chorus Day (well, at
least in Britain it was.  I'm surprised there was no mention of it
within this Group as it seems to have been designed for naturerecordists).

http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/urbanwt/idcdsite/index.htm

Having spent the previous fortnight trying out the new NT4 with the
MZ-NH1  I was up and about early (3.00AM) to capture this special
event.

Unfortunately I was met with very heavy rain.  Having made the effort
to get up early I decided to set up the mic in the doorway leading to
my backyard and go for it anyway.

Despite the rain the birds obliged

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is the four minutes from 03:28AM when bird song started, and

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is sixteen minutes later when some of the rest of the gang had joined in.

Did anyone else capture any of the day?

Cheers

Tom