Thanks Jose
I've just got back from the Nightingale walk. It was an interesting and inf=
ormative outing.
As forecast, today was miserably wet with high wind; almost gale force for=
most of the day. The rain stopped and the sky cleared in time for the 7:3=
0 pm start of the guided walk. The wind was still 25mph however. Luckily =
the area had plenty of scrub which provided some shelter from the wind. A =
reasonable number of birds were heard but they were some distance away exce=
pt for this one.
http://soundcloud.com/g0sbw/my-first-nightingale-recording
As you can hear the bird had to compete with the vocalisations of the seven=
teen walkers in the group. However the guide's words re. the demarcation o=
f the Nightingales territories are interesting.
I used the head spaced, small barrier rig equipped with EM172 capsules. I =
am quite pleased how well it performed. During parts of the walk there wer=
e up to three birds singing together (some distance away) and the omnidirec=
tional nature of the rig would have fitted in well if it were not for the o=
ther walker's presence.
Over the next 10 days I plan to go on two more walks but I think I will tak=
e along a more directional mic (ME66/K6 recently acquired second hand at a =
reasonable price) to separate the birds from the walkers.
Cheers, TomR
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ote:
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> Tom R,
> Good luck for you. Here in southern Portugal they sing a lot and they are=
very common birds in spring.
> Regards,
> Jos=E9
> --- In "tk7859" <g0sbw@> wrote:
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> > Thanks for that Freitojos.
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> > I hope to record the "same" bird this coming Thursday as they are also =
arriving in the South East of England now. Weather forecast for Thursday i=
s high winds and rain :-( but I will do my best
> >
> > Regards, TomR
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> > --- In "freitojos" <josefreitas81@> w=
rote:
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> > > http://www.freesound.org/people/FREITOJOS/sounds/152370/
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> > > This bird arives in spring in Portugal and this is the firs time I re=
cord one. This is also a composition of two files recorded in the same plac=
e the same hour,the sencond 7,20 min I don't know if there are two birds of=
the same species. I think they are two diferent birds.I think the first pa=
rt is with high pass filter the second no the ms setup mkh 30/40 was in the=
focus of my parabola with wind protection.
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