The song of my favorite bird captured with incredible detail by the Telinga Modular with two EM272 capsules installed in stereo configuration.

Distance from the wood thrush was about 7 meters.

Telinga Modular Review: https://acousticnature.com/journal/telinga-modular-parabolic-microphone-review

Wood Thrush Song | Telinga Modular Parabolic Microphone

Thunder, Huron County, Canada

4 Sep 2022

Last year I captured calls from two chatting adult Whooper Swans at the Bothnian coast. This year they were accompanied by two juveniles. One night the conversation between the swans was intense, it almost felt listening to a concerto.  

Umeå commune, Västerbotten County (63.39 N, 19.54 E)

Primo-EM172s

03_06.14

Whooper Swan concerto

Haunting Red Deer rutting in the forest of Orléans

Red Deer Rut - Binaural 26:09:2022

The European fire-bellied toad is, in fact, a frog. (No fire, either.) However, this is more than compensated by its satisfyingly fun-to-say Latin name: Bombina bombina. They also produce antimicrobial peptides in their skin secretions – the even more fun-to-say ‘bombinins’. 

Native to eastern mainland Europe – recorded here in the protected land of Poland’s Barycz Valley Landscape Park – they use their internal vocal sacs to produce their “whoop” call: the mournful, slow-motion honk immortalized here. Imagine the sound that clowns might make when they cry and you won’t be far off.

Bombina bombina mysterious call

This recording has been made 35 meters underground in a lava cave in the Snæfellsjökull National Park (Iceland) on February 22nd, 2023.

Recorded with a Zoom F3 and a pair of Sennheiser MKH8020 in AB. Headphones recommended.

230222 · 1:30 pm · Water drops 35 meters underground in a lava cave

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)

Begin quietly with this, as one of the Ravens will perch and call right in front of the microphones, before receding into the distance, again. While it's up close, listen for the quiet 'after-voicing' at the end of many of its calls.

Recorded on land of the Danggali and Meru peoples. Unprocessed recording (96/24 > 48/24).

2023.05.19 Australian Ravens (Corvus coronoides). Mallee Country. Morning. Late Autumn.

Long-Eared Owl

18 October 2017

Another morning spent recording the audible bird migration at the coast. More wind and bird activity this morning. Common Redpolls were plentiful, so were Bullfinches and Goldcrests. After a couple of minutes the ringing calls of Bohemian Waxwings were heard, followed by melodic whistling Pine Grosbeaks and a snoring Mistle Thrush. Greenfinches and Siskins and an airplane en route to Stockholm flew over. A Blackbird called closer to the mics at the end of the recording session. 

SD MixPre-3 with stereo-matched Sennheiser MKH8020s mounted on opposite sides of a tree trunk.

Bird migration along the Northern Quark II

Lars Edenius

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