Recently, after a hiatus, I resumed a longer-term seasonal soundscape survey of this region, formerly a Conservation Park but recently redesignated a National Park. The change in name and status roughly coincided with the completion of upgrades to the Tapanappa Lookout area. I first referred to these upgrades over three years ago (in the description to this playlist: https://soundcloud.com/hearingbeings/sets/deep-creek-conservation-park-soundscape-perspectives), and several times since then.

This recording was made quite late on a weekday morning, some time after 09:00. I had gone to retrieve an unattended rig that I'd left overnight near a small creek at the bottom of a valley, and was carrying the rig back up the zig-zagging trail that climbs the side of the last hill on the route, stopping now and then to record bird calls. Here, I was about three quarters of the way up the hill, recording call-and-answer songs of some Grey Shrike-thrushes. A vehicle can be heard approaching near the top of a hill: it must have been a small bus delivering a group of walkers at Tapanappa Lookout, who soon after began descending the walking trail just above me. Access to buses is part of the new upgrade facilities.  There are some positives and some negatives associated with these upgrades. In any case, the content of this serendipitous recording is significant to me, because it quite naturally and vividly instantiates some of the issues involved.

Unprocessed recording. Recording location elevation approx. 160 metres, distance from nearest point of Southern Ocean coastline approx. 1 kilometre (the low frequency rumble to the right).

2022.09.01 Near Tapanappa Lookout. First Day Of Spring. Deep Creek NP.

Library Demo: Okefenokee Swamp | Ambient Swamp Sounds

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Avro Vulcan  B2 - XL426 Jet - Engine Warm Up
Runway taxi-run

24bit  44.1khz (Original recorded in 32 bit 192khz audio-stereo)
Photo: Carl Perkins

Full sets: aerobluesounds.bandcamp.com/

Original location recordings from the world of aviation.
High quality recordings with minimal background distractions.

Avro Vulcan - Engine Warm Up

Just going thru some files from the spring and forgot to post this one. Likely because it was too short, the bird sadly flew off. I could have recording this combo for hours though with that cuckoo in the background too. 

Gear: Sound Devices MixPre 6 ii / Schoeps mk 4 inside Telinga Dish + Stereo Mk 2's

Willow Warbler - Cuckoo Cast MixPre-7706

Sullen

Recorded under cliffs in Alps - no wind was that night so there was almost complete silence . 
Owls and later falling rocks from cliffs which was maybe trigger by some animal walking high above microphones.
Edited with EQ 
Microphones ORTF Mkh40 Sennheiser
Recorder Zoom F6
Slovenia Alps
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Autumn Night Under Slovenian Alps – Owls and Falling Rocks from Cliffs

from a draft of an episode I’m producing for a sound-rich history/culture podcast created by a fellow AIR member

featuring: 

Michael Bull, emeritus professor of Sound Studies at the University of Sussex and author of an upcoming book on “the sonic experience” of WW1. This includes colonial voices and experiences left out of other histories. 

WW1 veteran Edward Dwyer singing;  assuming it is in the public domain but will confirm; hard to go wrong with this clip and it has appeared in other work so it was mostly about figuring out where to place it in its entirety for maximum impact

clip from the "No Man's Land" episode

Mallorca April Frog concert at night. Recording MS

Mallorca Frogconcert

Taurids 1,  Nov 5

A compilation of Sika deer tri-whistle calls, recorded in County Leitrim during the rutting season (September to November). These were recorded using unattended AudioMoths, hence the distant and quite noisy quality. Worth noting that despite its name, the last example is composed of 4 calls, then again the call is shorter/faster than the 'proper' tri-whistles.

"Sika deer originate from Japan, These were introduced by Lord Powerscourt in 1860. A few years later some were moved from Powerscourt (Co. Wicklow) to enclosed parks in Fermanagh, Kerry, Limerick, Down and Monaghan. The present wild deer herds mostly originated as escapees from these parks in the early 20th century." (Irish Deer Commission, 2022)

Species: Sika deer (Cervus nippon)
Date and time of recording: 6 October 2021, 4pm
Location: County Leitrim, Ireland
Habitat: Forestry plantation
Gear: Open Acoustic Devices AudioMoth mixed with Sennheiser Mid-Side setup for background ambience
Picture: Ashtonpfaffen (Wikimedia Commons CC3.0)

Recorded for the Arney Aquatic Acoustics EU Interreg project.

Sika Deer Tri-Whistle (Medley)

𝔈𝔵𝔭𝔩𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔰 𝔞𝔫 𝔈𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔱, 𝔞 𝔐𝔬𝔡𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔇𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔅𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤.

2022.09.01 Near Tapanappa Lookout. First Day Of Spring. Deep Creek NP.

𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕭𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘

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