Lovely recordings Paul. What a treat to have two robin species
calling together with such a quiet background, and you were lucky the
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos were not quite in full voice for the second
track of Pied Butcherbird!
Vicki
On 03/10/2010, at 10:49 PM, Paul Jacobson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Despite some wet and windy weather making recording a little tricky
> I managed to make a few recordings a couple of weeks ago. These
> are pretty much "solo" recordings rather than dawn choruses but
> still fairly interesting.
>
> The first was made at a fairly remote location in the Murray Sunset
> National Park. The recording is of Hooded Robin ("laughing")and
> Red Capped Robin ("telephone ring") calling in the predawn darkness.
>
> http://www.urbanbirder.com.au/mallee/two-robins-mopoke-hut-murray-
> sunset-national-park
>
> The second was made shortly after dawn at Lake Hattah, and is of a
> sole Pied Butcherbird calling from a gum beside the now almost full
> Lake Little Hattah. The lake system has be close to dry for years,
> but has received substantial environmental water flows this year.
> The is some low level vehicle noise in this recording but it's not
> too obtrusive.
>
> http://www.urbanbirder.com.au/mallee/pied-butcherbird-lake-hattah
>
> Both these recordings were made with my SBRS rig (a sass-like
> design) AT3032's and Sound Devices 722.
>
> cheers
> Paul
>
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