Re: Hello. A question about mics and desert penguins

["" flawn1951]

<< I doubt I will be able to get very close to the colony but I understand 
the sound of thousands of penguins - known as "jackass penguins" for their 
braying - is an amazing sound to behold. >>


If the jackasses in Peru are like the ones on the Argentine Patagonian coast, 
you will be able to get very close; I recorded at Punta Tombo in Argentina 
and the animals are very tolerant of human presence.

<<Any advice for microphones for this rock covered, crashing-sea environment? 
I'd like the colony sounds as separate from the sea as possible>>

Another characteristic of this environment is high wind, so an omni is the 
safest mike in that regard. An omni on a parabolic dish would get you some 
reach 
while retaining some wind tolerance. A shotgun, unless zeppelin'ed within an 
inch of its life, will be useless in high wind.





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