Hi David,
next time I'll go there I'll fill my backpack with both high quality
audio and ultrasonic recording gear ! I was fascinated by the "sound" of
the wings !
Gianni
2014-06-15 1:08 GMT+02:00 [naturerecordists] <
>:
>
>
> > About silence, just recently I had a wonderful experience in the
> abandoned
> > tunnels (a 12 km network) of a chalk cave. Absolute silence improved by
> > soft sound absorbing chalk powder and very irregular tunnel surfaces.
> Next
> > time I go there with my microphones and recorders for doing some tests.
> In
> > some larger tunnels we found bats colonies, their social calls were
> > fascinating, but the most impressive noise was those of the wings of th=
e
> > bats flying when disturbed. I did some recording with a phonometer but
> its
> > noise floor was higher than the ambience noise, probably I'd need the
> GRAS
> > microphone to make measures there.
> > Next time I'll go there with my usual microphones and recorders for doi=
ng
> > some recordings.
>
> Gianni,
>
> This afternoon I was back with the bat roost I have been monitoring with
> IR
> cameras and ultrasound for some time. Try to get hold of a cheap
> heterodyne
> bat detector to hear all the ultrasounds you are missing. It's a whole ne=
w
> world of sound.
>
> These bats are a maternity roost of Lesser Horseshoe bats, and they are
> surprisingly active in the daytime in a dark loft space. More fun will
> come
> later as the youngsters learn to fly.
>
> It's not just bats that you can hear with a detector, but many insects an=
d
> small mammals also emit ultrasound.
>
> David Brinicombe
>
>
>
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