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On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:15 AM, David Michael wrote:
> Hi
>
> My best friend from when I was a kid now lives with her husband near
> Clanton AL. Their property is about 17 acres and is adjacent to a
> small tract of state land and commodity trees. The land slopes down a
> hill for a few hundred feet, maybe half a mile, and bottoms out in
> some very soggy ponds. These ponds are host to a broad array of
> wildlife including a half dozen or so species of frogs and toads.
>
> The June choruses in these ponds are pretty spectacular and I have
> recorded there almost every year at the same time since 2007. This
> year was the first time I was able to do an overnight recording in 4
> channels. I have begun to mixdown some sections of the longer 17 hour
> recording. I hope to post these with some regularity as I mixdown the
> sections. For those who are setup to monitor surround sound, I have
> also posted a 4 channel mix for download.
>
> This first mix is at the water's edge of a large marshy pond close to
> 5am. The choruses of the night have largely finished. Green frogs call
> occasionally with bull frogs and Eastern narrowmouth toads. Songbirds
> can be heard from the surrounding wood. Crows fly overhead. A
> woodpecker raps at a nearby tree.
>
> http://soundcloud.com/dmichael/woodpeckers-at-5am
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> The 4 channel recording can be found here in Ogg Vorbis format.
> http://scientificforestry.s3.amazonaws.com/woodpeckers-5am-take2-fade.4ch=
.ogg
>
> There is a songbird toward the end of the segment that I cannot
> identify. If someone on the list would be so kind as to point me in
> the right direction - I have a feeling this bird is fairly common.
> Additionally there is a bark of some kind at the very beginning and at
> about 4:30 that is mysterious to me. Anyone know what kind of animal
> this is?
>
> For the recording, I used 2 pairs of Audio Technica AT4022 mics, both
> in parallel boundary arrays with foam noses. The recorder was a Tascam
> DR-680 running at 44.1kHz/24bit. I found this combination of equipment
> to be about the quietest I have used thus far and am very pleased with
> the performance. I did experience some humidity related noise from the
> AT4022s, but only very briefly (maybe a second or two).
>
> Enjoy
> David
>
> http://davidmichael.bandcamp.com
> http://soundcloud.com/dmichael
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