I love this bird. They sound like car alarms.
Nice work, I have found it difficult to get close to these buggers.
I have tried fake fur for wind reduction, but it tends to noticeably
attenuate the highs. I had a recommendation for this list recently to
use polar fleece of some sort... but have not tried it yet myself.
--- In "William Ruscher Jr."
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> I had a rare opportunity this past Sunday evening at dusk ,to record
> a Whip-poor-will at close range calling on it's territory, from the
> edge of a wooded area overlooking a large field in Webster, NY. Other
> birders were at the location, and enjoying Am. Woodcock courtship
> display, and waiting for the already reported nightjar, to call. I
> made a number of recordings and uploaded the ones with the least
> amount of people and vehicle noise to the Freesound Project website
> in my sample pack titled "spring 2008".
> The wind was gusting at 15-25mph during the day, but calmed enough to
> make the recordings. The first link is mono and is at :
>
> http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=53416
>
> The Whip-poor-will then flew to the far end of the woods with it's
> continuous calls much fainter, and I decided to try the dish for a
> longer distance recording. It wasn't nessesary as the bird moved
> again to a tree right next to the parking area I was standing in. I
> was fortunate to get this recording before a couple shined a bright
> spot light on the bird, and it moved again. The link is at :
>
> http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=53415
>
> Not much stereo sound, but at least a focused recording with the
> dish. Some wind noise can be heard in a spot during the recording,
> giving underwater type sound effects which I've noticed before with
> my setup. I'm thinking that some fake fur tied around the foam
> windscreens on the binuaral mics might help (?). The noise might also
> be created by the wind hitting the aluminum dish, itself. As always,
> opinions or comments are certainly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill
>
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