hi, it would be nice to also hear a snippet of rain .....
Gianni
2011/2/21 Avocet <>
> I've just had an all-nighter with rain coming and going. At what
> should have been sunrise, with the oak above the mics still dripping,
> a squirrel opened procedures. Here's a short clip with it duetting
> with a thrush. You can hear the squirrel on the ground scuttling right
> to left.
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> http://www.stowford.org/sounds/dr000975after_rain.mp3
> (Only bass roll-off on the mixer used.)
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> I've recorded hours of this bird recently and I have called it a song
> thrush but can someone please confirm this as it has an extremely
> varied repertoire.
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> The forecast said rain this midday so I took a chance and left my
> MKH's out last night under a large triple-trunked oak which offers
> some protection. I record in the bedroom and hardly got off to sleep
> in the early hours when the rain arrived. It sounds torrrential on the
> mics. I got dressed and squelched into the woods to cover the mics
> with a towel and shortly afterwards the rain stopped and I went down
> again to remove the almost dry towel.
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> Some time before dawn, the rain arrived again and sounded very heavy.
> I got up to take them in twice but found it was only showers so left
> them out. I didn't get much sleep listening to the downpours and
> worrying about the mics as I'm a pensioner and can't afford to replace
> them.
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> When I brought them in this morning, I found the yeti covers had kept
> the Rycotes dry and the mics were fine inside. Everything is now
> drying out fully, but I really shouldn't have worried so much.
>
> David
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> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
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