Abhijit,
Nice first attempt. What microphone were you using?
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:26 AM, hartogj <> wrote:
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> Hi ams,
>
> I like your recording - definitely good for a first try. The cicadas make=
a
> nice background. Thanks for pointing out the wing-snapping.
> There does seem to be some handling or body movement noise, so that could
> be an area to improve.
>
> John Hartog
> rockscallop.org
>
>
> --- In Abhijit Menon-Sen <>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, (fellow!) Nature Recordists.
> >
> > After years of (mostly) lurking on this list, I now have my own Olympus
> > LS-11 recorder, and I paid a visit to Okhla Bird Sanctuary in New Delhi=
,
> > India, to try it out this morning.
> >
> > I was lucky enough to quickly find one of my favourite singers, the
> > Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris), singing away in the Typha
> > reedbeds by the Yamuna river, and doubly lucky that I managed to get a
> > decent recording on the first attempt. The background noise is Cicadas,
> > but if you listen closely, you can hear the wing-snapping display
> > typical of Prinias.
> >
> > Here's an MP3: http://toroid.org/ams/snd/prinia-flaviventris.mp3
> >
> > http://toroid.org/ams/etc/first-bird-recording has more details, and a
> > photograph of the species (but not the bird I recorded, which I didn't
> > see).
> >
> > (Comments are welcome, including suggestions about how to improve my
> > future recordings.)
> >
> > -- ams
> >
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>
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