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Re: Western meadowlark morning

Subject: Re: Western meadowlark morning
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:03 am ((PDT))
It's the prettiest Western song in birdland, Martyn.

Bernie


On Jun 29, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Martyn Stewart wrote:

> The sage grass deserts of Oregon are an amazing place to listen to  
> Western Meadowlarks and this is no exception. Often not seen, they  
> bunker down low and sing out the morning. I happened to place my  
> recorder very close to this area that this meadowlark would be  
> singing and I got lucky. Surrounded by Lake Abert and cliff faces,  
> you may also hear common raven and red winged blackbird along with  
> various shorebirds calling.
> 5 min snip taken from this original.
> Location: Lake Abert
> Date: 2011-06-25
> Time: 05:32
> State: Oregon
> Description: morning soundscape on Lake Abert
> Habitat: lake/desert
> VoxType: morning
> Category: soundscape
> Recorder: SD 788
> Mics: sennheiser mkh 40/30
> Sample rate: 48k 24 bit
> Microphone pattern: MS stereo
> Take# 1
> Anthrophony: passing cars/33:02 airplane
> Geophony: lapping lakeside water
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> Biophony: western meadowlark/common raven/Canada goose/red winged  
> blackbird/killdeer/unknown shorebirds calls 15:40/brown headed  
> cowbird/
> Weather: clear
> Temp: 45f
> Humidity: 65%
> Wind: calm
> Recordist: Martyn Stewart
> Notes: inserted -30 db tone at beginning of the recording/ Mic  
> suspension with Rycote windjammer and gitzo tripod/
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