Lovely. Such great depth of image with your SASS, and nicely positioned within the stereo field.

Full Story + Video: https://acousticnature.com/journal/recording-nature-sounds-in-the-okefenokee-swamp

Shortly after setting up my LS-10 drop rig, my SASS microphone captured this active group of southern cricket frogs calling amongst a few pig frogs.

Cricket Frogs and Pig Frogs (8:44pm) - LS10 w/SASS

This track contains buzzing flies.

In the mountains in Los Angeles County, I came across a congregation of hoverflies "singing" in a cement drainage below the dirt fire road. The hoverflies would land on the cement or nearby rocks and vibrate their wings to produce the primary sound heard in the recording. This track is a shorter sample of a 15 minute recording session and is edited with a low cut and brief fade in/out. There is a different, unedited sample on iNaturalist at: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109713007

The low electrical buzzing you hear is from power lines above the road. You can also hear a bird who came to investigate.

Singing Hoverflies

Enäjärvi is a small lake near town Pori only one mile from the Sea. The lake is tightly between a highway and a railway and the traffic noise is apparent even night time. This was the first place for an inland colony of Great Cormorants in Finland. Today there’s hundred of nests in two small islets in the middle of the lake. 

 I made an over night recording and this starts from 04.40 in the morning, half an hour before sun rise with the Cormorants just being active, though not as most. Though the lake was still mostly frozen the Cormorants have been more than two weeks there. This is the most silent moment of the night of traffic, still there’s a train passing.

The train is carrying coal (or anthracite) from Novosibirsk in Russia, a distance of 4000 km.  Each train is making two weeks or longer time on the rails to Tahkoluoto Port on the Finnish West Coast.  From there the coal is shipped rounding Cape Hope to Bangladesh. Normally there's  2-3 trains passing daily in spite of the sanction policy against Russia. 

Listen with headphones.

 http://www.rupuranta.net/weblog/filet/220421/

(AT4022 ab60cm MixPre2 32>24/48 no processing Flac)

Cormorant Night - 21/4/2022 - Enajarvi Finland

Thunder, Huron County, Canada

As the sunset in the old disused quarry, just outside Lérouville, most of the songbirds fell silent. But the Song Thrush perched just to the left of my microphones and continued singing for another 15 minutes. In the background we hear the melodic chorus of Common Midwife Toads that were located in the sandy hill just ahead of my mics. At around 3 minutes in, we also hear Parsley Frogs off in the distance.

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x MKH 8040s (ORTF)
Recorded on 05.06.2022

Song Thrush And Common Midwife Toads - Lorraine, France

August 14, 2022...    forest soundscape at ~ 5 am.   Quiet, still, calm, little wind, dominated by insect sounds typical of this time of year.  Recorder & mics located on the edge of a still pool in Brown Creek, not flowing this time of year due to lack of rain in late summer here.  There actually is a very slight flow of water, which can be heard thoughout the recording.   Photo shows site of recording.  Near the beginning of the recording there are calls of an eastern screech owl.  Later, a few frogs chime in.   This night was relatively cool for August (temps in the high 60°F range).  

In the forest here, this is the the quietest time of the night, 1-2 hours before dawn.  After dawn, the cicadas will start, the wind will pick up and it won't be quiet again until late afternoon.  As night falls, the evening summer soundscape here is dominated by (very loud) katydids, crickets, other insects and sometimes frogs/toads, for hours...   continuing through most of the night until early morning quiet time. 

Recorded with Earsight mics about 50-60 cm apart into a Zoom F3 recorder.  Low frequencies were attenuated and volume was adjusted.  

Headphones recommended (as always).

Arkansas forest in late summer ~ 5 am August 14, 2022

Full Album: https://acousticnature.bandcamp.com/album/hammersley-wild-area

Blog Post: https://acousticnature.com/journal/recording-nature-sounds-hammersley-wild-area-pennsylvania 

This is a demo of my latest field recording trip to the Hammersley Wild Area in Pennsylvania. The full album consists of 12 tracks totaling 1 hour of pure nature sounds.

The album is available on BandCamp (see above link) for “name your price” and is intended for personal listening use only. 

If you’d like to license any of my recordings, please email me at Jared@AcousticNature.com

Thanks for listening!

DEMO: Hammersley Wild Area, PA | Personal Listening Album on BandCamp

Listening in a very quiet environment, or at a very quiet time, preferably with good quality headphones, at no more than a moderate volume, is very much recommended. These sounds of late summer dawn in Mallee country were widely dispersed. The original recording level was 60 dB, with a further 12 dB gain in post. Listening at a low to moderate volume will more faithfully re-present the original soundscape experience. Please refer to the Playlist description for some background information: https://soundcloud.com/hearingbeings/sets/2023-02-19-quiet-dawn-of-souls-mallee-country-late-summer.

At first light, the dawn songs of Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters predominate, gracing the early dawn soundscape with a beautiful yet melancholy quality. Also occasional Owlet Nightjar calls (which have continued all through the night), Grey Butcherbirds, a couple of Emu 'drummings', some distant Ravens, amongst others; and, in the distance, briefly, a couple of strays that ought not to have been there at all.  Throughout, the sound of the wind rising and falling, through Mallee woodland of Eucalyptus and Casuarina trees.

Recorded respectfully on the land of the Meru and Danggali peoples.

@bandcamp

2023.02.19 Quiet Dawn of Souls (First Light)

Une heure de Chœur d'oiseaux (Chorus) le 23 mars 2023en forêt de Valdrôme.
One hour of Choir of birds (Chorus) on March 23, 2023 in the Valdrôme forest.
70 minutes à écouter un magnifique lever du jour. Deux microphones omnidirectionnels seinnheiser mkh8020 à 8/10 mètres de hauteur sur mât perché directement dans la canopée des arbres (conifères et caduques sans feuilles). Enregistrement réalisé le 26 mars 2023 en forêt de Valdrôme dans le haut-Diois un jour de grève des avions.
On y entends principalement le Rougegorge familier et le merle noir, Parfois Pinson des arbres, Mésange noire, geai des chênes, Grand corbeau, Troglodyte mignon, pics ,Pigeon ramier apparaissent. Une ambiance typique des oiseaux sédentaires de la région. A ajouter, Roitelet à triple-bandeau, Pouillot véloce, Fauvette à tête noire, Corneille noire.

UNE HEURE DE CHORUS EN MARS

Une heure de chorus en mars.

Achat format CD FLAC

QUIET11 Une Heure De Chorus En Mars F Deroussen

Recording made on November 13, 2016 in Flatside wilderness area, central Arkansas, USA in a remote area.  Microphone was about 12 in. off the ground on a mini tripod, near several trees with evidence of woodpecker activity.

Pileated woodpecker drumbeat - soundscape, Flatside Wilderness 11/13/16

Segments from a 90 minute recording by Kirna brook, Estonia. 30. April 2012, recording started 4:43 AM. 

2xAT4022 in SASS resembling setup. Fostex FR2-LE.




Morning by the brook

All albums available for "Name Your Price" on BandCamp (personal listening use only). Please contact me to license my recordings.

Cricket Frogs and Pig Frogs (8:44pm) - LS10 w/SASS

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