Name: Call To Prayer 3 - Jerusalem, Israel by World-Sounds.org in Churches, Mosques and Temples of the World
Duration: 1 min 8 s
Description: The call to prayer was recorded in a church courtyard in Jerusalem. The church was directly opposite the mosque and the closed courtyard meant the sound reverberated nicely in the enclosed space. Recorded with an M-Audio MicroTrack II at 96K, 24 Bit.

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Churches, Mosques and Temples of the World

This recording captures the "Isha" call to prayer in the medina of Nabeul, Tunisia. "Isha" is the night prayer, and is announced after dark. Nabeul has two main mosques in the medina, plus other call to prayers can be heard in the distance.

Call To Prayer - Nabeul, Tunisia

The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in Georgia's oldest city and former capital, Mtskheta. Shortly after we passed through the main entrance and walked through the internal grounds, bell ringers began ringing the bells from high up in one of the towers. I quickly grabbed my handheld recorder and captured the soundscape.

Sony PCM D100
26.05.2022

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral Bell Ringing - Mtskheta, Georgia

Cet enregistrement a été réalisé à l'aide d'une boîte à son que j'avais prévu d'installer au pied d'un chêne rabougri qui servait de poste de chant à un Engoulevent d'Europe depuis des années.
A mon arrivée sur les lieux peu avant le coucher de soleil, j'ai été surpris par l'envol "dans mes pieds" de deux Engoulevents (mâle et femelle). J'ai inspecté le sol au pied du petit chêne et y ai découvert une petite dépression dans laquelle devaient se reposer ces oiseaux.
J'ai installé la boîte à son et accroché deux microphones dans le chêne à environ deux mètres du sol.
Cette nuit là, le vent a perturbé l'enregistrement.
Les deux oiseaux sont revenus sur place, la femelle s'est posée dans la petite dépression. On l'entend s'agiter au sol au début de l'enregistrement (à gauche).
Puis le mâle l'a rejoint en se posant dans le chêne entre les deux microphones où il entame immédiatement son chant si caractéristique.
Enregistrement réalisé dans la nuit du 8 au 9 juillet 2023 dans la lande de Bramefan en Limousin.
Matériel utilisé :
Boîte à sons composée d'un enregistreur Zoom F3, sa power bank et un couple de microphones Immersive soundscapes EarSight.
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This recording was made using a sound box I'd planned to install at the foot of a stunted oak tree that had served as a European Nightjar's singing post for years.
When I arrived at the site shortly before sunset, I was surprised by the flight of two European Nightjars (male and female) "at my feet". I inspected the ground at the foot of the small oak tree and discovered a small depression in which these birds must have been resting.
I set up the sound box and hung two microphones in the oak about two meters from the ground.
That night, the wind disrupted the recording.
Both birds returned to the site, the female landing in the small depression. She can be heard flapping on the ground at the start of the recording (left).
Then the male joined her, landing in the oak between the two microphones, where he immediately began his characteristic song.
Recording made on the night of July 8-9, 2023 on the Bramefan moor in the Limousin region.
Equipment used:
Sound box consisting of a Zoom F3 recorder, its power bank and a pair of EarSight Immersive soundscapes microphones.

Chant de l'Engoulevent d'Europe dans la lande de Bramefan en Limousin

Dawn chorus in a light wind in the Bois de Toulx (Creuse, France) with a bunch of individuals from different species :
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Common Blackbird (Turdus Merula), Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), Great tit  (Parus major), Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus), etc.

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Choeur de l'aube dans un vent léger dans le Bois de Toulx (Creuse, France) avec un nombre varié d'individus de différentes espèces :
Rouge-gorge familier (Erithacus rubecula), Merle noir (Turdus Merula), Pinson des arbres (Fringilla coelebs), Coucou gris (Cuculus canorus), Mésange charbonnière (Parus major), Fauvette à tête noire (Sylvia atricapilla), Roitelet triple-bandeau (Regulus ignicapilla), Pic Epeiche (Dendrocopos major), Troglodyte mignon (Troglodytes troglodytes), Pigeon ramier (Columba palumbus), etc.

240509 · 06:00 am · Dawn Chorus · Choeur de l'aube (Creuse, France)

It was still dark when I arrived at Etang des Landes at around 5:30 am. A nightingale was already singing loudly and I was able to approach it without startling it. Frogs croaked in the distance...
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Il faisait encore nuit quand je suis arrivé vers 5h30 du matin à l'étang des landes. Un rossignol était déjà entrain de chanter bien fort et j'ai pu l'approcher sans l'effaroucher. Les grenouilles croassent au lointain.

240510 · 05:30 am · Etang Des Landes (Creuse, France) · The Nightingale and the Frogs

I often leave my sound recording gear outside for overnight when I am at my country house. This spring I was happy that a pair of Great Grey Shrikes built a nest in a tree in the garden. It seemed that they tolerated my occasional visits and female was already incubating the eggs in beginning of May. Then a tragedy struck. Apparently a raven spotted their nest and you can hear two minutes of desperate calls and fight of shrikes. It happed during early morning hours, so I didnt see it but its on the recording. During the day, shrikes had disappeared but in the evening one of them was around, making tentative contact calls as though looking for partner. It even sat next to a blackbird on the wire as to seek substitute companion.

Raven robbing Great Grey Shrike's nest

Captured in the afternoon May 11 using a VLF reciever built on the McGreevey schematic. Spherics, whistlers, lightening crackles, other mysterious ufo sweeps and swerves. 
Just a small except three hours of very active sky listening.

VLF Rusalka May 11 Tr770

Chant des Grenouilles communes dans la mare de l'ESAT, à Saint-Ulfrant

Eure

Grenouille commune, Pelophylax kl. esculentus, à Pont-Audemer (27) Eure, France un 12 mai 2024

Fallow Deer

Enregistrement d'une roselière, secteur Madine vers 2h30 du matin. 
Butor étoilé, Rainette verte , Rousserolle turdoïde, Blongios nain, Locustelle luscinioide, Rossignol philomèle, Coucou gris, Chouette hulotte, Phragmite des joncs etc... Mais aussi hélas sanglier dans la roselière ! 
Enregistrement en MS avec MKH 8060 + MKH 8030.

Etangs meusiens,  Butor étoilé, Rouserolle turdoïde etc..

Orage au mystic sanctuary lodge au Sri Lanka le 2 avril 2022 à 15h00

Orage Mystic Sanctuary Lodge Sri Lanka

Enregistrement le 13 août 2023 aux fantômes de Landowski(02). Séquence avec grillon d'italie et grande sauterelle verte puis moyen duc et enfin uniquement le grillon d'italie. Cris de Renards à 1h20. 
Enregistrements avec 2 MKH 8040 en ORTF de 00h40 à 02h40 du matin.

2 heures ambiance nocturne Grillon Italie Hibou Moyen Duc fantomes landowski

This recording features the famous bells of Notre-Dame de Paris as they rang out before the daily mass. 

Recorded 04/03/2017
Recorded using 2 DPA 4060s, Sound Devices Mix Pre D & Sony PCM D-100.

Church Bells - Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Parikia is the capital of the Greek island Paros and the largest town on the island. Situated close to the main port and Parikia's main square is the town's principal church, the Panagia Ekatontapiliani, which translates as "church of one hundred doors".

As I entered through the main gates and into the grand courtyard I stood and listened to the preaching that was broadcast from within the church. I discretely placed my portable recorder in the gardens, hit record and walked off to explore. This is the resulting recording.

Panagia Ekatontapyliani Church [Exterior Perspective] - Parikia, Paros, Greece

The call to prayer was recorded in a church courtyard in Jerusalem. The church was directly opposite the mosque and the closed courtyard meant the sound reverberated nicely in the enclosed space. Recorded with an M-Audio MicroTrack II at 96K, 24 Bit. 

Call To Prayer 3 - Jerusalem, Israel

The daily call to prayer of the local mosque in the tiny village on the outskirts of Tamen Negara National Park. The recording was taken from my bungalow at dusk, which was situated just next door to the mosque. 

Mosque, Call To Prayer - Tamen Negara, Malaysia

Sound recordist Colin Hunter 
Founder of the World Sounds project

Call To Prayer 3 - Jerusalem, Israel

World-Sounds.org

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