Nice stuff. I've recorded in that same location. When time did you start
recording?
M.
On May 21, 2010, at 9:25 AM, David Michael wrote:
> Following Curt's post a few weeks back, I have finally posted some
> results from an all-night recording taken at the Upper North Fork
> Flowage in Crex Meadows Wildlife Area. The recording was made from Sat
> May 1 to Sun May 2 after a day of very gusty winds - this made for
> incredibly challenging recording conditions.
>
> Over the course of 12 hours, a great number of vocalizing species made
> themselves known to the microphones. Among them are chorus frogs,
> spring peepers, sandhill cranes, red-winged blackbirds, Canada geese,
> ducks, snipe, woodpeckers of several species, sparrows, grouse, and
> even a small mammal. From this full recording I have composited some
> aural highlights that are in a rough chronological order beginning in
> early evening and ending in the early morning.
>
> The composite recording begins with the calls of chorus frogs and
> spring peepers preceding a unison call of sandhill cranes, geese and
> waterfowl call as night falls. A small mammal passes the microphones
> and a common snipe begins its courtship flights. Dawn excites the
> red-winged blackbirds, sparrows, and woodpeckers in the distant forest
> to sing as the wind picks up again.
>
> http://soundcloud.com/dmichael/sets/crex-meadows
>
> The recording was made with a parallel boundary array using two AT4022
> microphones set back from the edge at about 1". Additionally I used a
> spherical foam nose between the boundaries. The array was on a tripod
> about 2 feet from the ground feeding into an Edirol R-44 field
> recorder, recording at 24bit/44.1kHz.
>
> Both Rob Danielson and Paul Dickinson had recording rigs in the very
> near vicinity. Rob's post of the evening's recording has a very
> detailed timeline of the area including weather, light, and events.
> Rob's recording can be hear and seen at http://tinyurl.com/2endkau .
> Paul's recording is at
> http://soundcloud.com/paul-dickinson/100501-craneunisoncall
>
> If you have enjoyed the recording, please consider downloading it at
> http://davidmichael.bandcamp.com/album/crex-meadows. Included in the
> download are two, one hour long edits of the best portions of the
> overnight recording.
>
> Thanks for listening!
> David
>
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