Dear Naturerecordists,
I have posted another recording made during the Australian Wildlife
Sound Recordists Group camp at the beginning of October 2008. It was
made at a different location to the recordings recently posted by
Paul Jacobson and Andrew Skeoch.
Please find it in the files area, in the folder: Clarkesdale Victoria
Australia.
Recording Details
Location: BOCA Hut, Clakesdale Bird Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia
Date: Saturday 4th October 2008
Time: Approximately 8:21 am
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Context: an excerpt from a recording sequence commenced around 4:40 am
Commentary
In the first two minutes, calls and wingbeats of Yellow-faced
Honeyeaters,
Little Ravens, Magpies, Grey Shrike-Thrushes and other species. Most
birds
are 100 metres or more from the mic. Around two minutes in, a flock of
around 20 Long-billed Corellas fly at tree-top height, approx 30 metres,
directly over the mic, followed a short time later by a lone straggler -
minor clipping of the closest calls occurs. I believe the cockatoo calls
are simply very noisy contact calls made by a flock setting off to a
feeding destination.
If I have made errors in my ids, I would be grateful for corrections.
My recording lacks the immersive detail captured by Paul Jacobson and
Andrew Skeoch - my subjects are too far from the mic until the cockatoos
arrive. Paul and Andrew's postings give me something to aim at.
Equipment Details
Microphone: Rode NT4 XY stereo mic
enclosed in a diy foam and fake fur windshield
mounted on a camera tripod.
Mic Power: internal 9 volt battery
Recording Cable: 5 metre with 5 pin XLR and 3.5 mm connectors
Recorder: Sony MZ RH1 Mini Disk Recorder
Recording Media: 1 GB HiMD disk
Recording Mode: Linear 1.4 Mbps PCM mode
Mic Sensistivity: High
Recording Level: 20 on a scale of 30
File Format: 16 bit, 44.1 KHz, 34.4 MB
Processing: Shelf filter used to roll off tree noise below 100 Hz
Compression: 44.1 KHz, 16 bit, MP3, 192 Kbps, 4.9 MB
Regards
Michael Gallagher
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