Raucous buggers, aint they!
Very nice!
Martyn
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On Oct 14, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Michael Gallagher wrote:
> 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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