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Re: Vaux's swifts

Subject: Re: Vaux's swifts
From: "Kevin Colver" kjcolver
Date: Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:26 pm ((PDT))
I've heard of white noise.  I imagine green noise might be rustling
leaves.  Blue noise might be ocean waves.  What is brown noise?

Kevin J Colver
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On Sep 19, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Martyn Stewart wrote:

> It was difficult, Kevin.... I had to return on a number of occasions
> to nail the audio. There was some heavy filtering and then
> reintroducing some ambient brown noise.
> I used a combination of microphones surrounding the chimney to
> capture audio from all angles...
> http://soundofcritters.com/archives/1334
> There is now a separate audio track to accompany the video...
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> On Sep 19, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Kevin Colver wrote:
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> > Martyn,
> > That's been one of the birds hardest for me to get recorded. Thank
> > you for sharing this experience. How did you get the sounds without
> > the town sounds that must have been all around you? Did you have the
> > mic at the top of the chimney, and if so, how did you get it there?
> > Kevin
> >
> > Kevin J Colver
> > Soundscapes for Birders - a Podcast of Natural Sounds
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> > On Sep 19, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Martyn Stewart wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > http://soundofcritters.com/archives/1334
> > >
> > > The vaux=E2=80=99s swift is found mainly on the west of North America=
,
> > > measuring around 4.5=E2=80=B3 around this time of year they can be =

> found in
> > > mass flocks at night as they gather to roost. The swift has
> found an
> > > ideal roosting spot in man made chimneys,
> > >
> > > Sound-file to follow
> > >
> > > Martyn
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> > >.
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