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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.

http://www.stowford.org/sounds/dr000975after_rain.mp3
(Only bass roll-off on the mixer used.)

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.

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.

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.

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

David Brinicombe
North Devon, UK
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce



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