Name: Eurasian Nutcracker by Phil Mill - Wildlife and Nature Sounds
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Description: Eurasian Nutcracker singing in early spring - recorded with SASS from naturesound.it

Always enjoy ur recordings.  What even is all the gear in the photo?

This is a Parabolic Microphone Mid-Side audio recording performed on May 5, 2021 at the wetland Palude del Busatello near Gazzo Veronese - Verona - Italy.
I used a Do It Yourself system by means of a stereo separation baffle inside a 55 cm parabolic dish, in which I inserted two 10 mm microphone capsules: an Omnidirectional AOM 5024 facing the inside of the dish and a figure-eight Primo EM283.
I used a Tascam DR100 mk3 on M/S position recording. 
Please use a good headphones to appreciate the stereo separation!

Nightingale Mid Side parabola recording

Mid-Side recording in Parabolic Microphone Common Nightingale song

I performed a Mid-Side test by inserting a Primo EM283 figure-eight microphone and a Primo EM 172 omnidirectional microphone into a 53 cm diameter parabolic dish. This is in order to obtain a balanced Mid-Side stereo configuration in the dish. (see also here in Sundcloud in my channel https://soundcloud.com/marco-pesente/mid-side-recording-in-parabolic-microphone-common-nightingale-song).

MID - SIDE EM172 EM283 figure 8 Parabolic Microphone

I performed a Mid-Side test by inserting a Primo EM283 figure-eight microphone and a PUI AOM 5024 omnidirectional microphone into a 53 cm diameter parabolic dish.

MID - SIDE AOM5024 + EM283 figure 8 Parabolic Microphone Blackcap Song

In the wolf forest close to Uppsala I placed a drop rig continuously recording for 48 hours and mixed it down to nine minutes. In the order they appear:
willow tit
crested tit
capercaillie, male flew past very close
pygmy owl
common scooter, two flocks migrating south
rain shower
WOLVES
pygmy owl
ural owl, female barking
jay
crested tit
raven landed close and walked around at the same time as WOLVES had a concert in the distance
crested tit
willow tit
Siggefora, Uppland. September 1 to 3, 2022.

Wolf forest from dusk to dawn

Last Friday we were out in our local wolf territory (1-hour drive from Uppsala) and at midnight a lone wolf howled at the moon. Always an amazing experience. Siggefora, Uppland. September 8, 2023.

Howling wolf at midnight

Humans smell a lot and this pack of wolves stopped in their tracks to inspect the droprig recorder I put high up in a spruce. Siggefora, Uppland. September 8, 2023.

Panting wolves inspect the droprig

Lousy recording of a calling male lynx. Uppland. February 12, 2023.

Lynx

One of the best recordings I have made of Lynx. In this recording you can first hear the Lynx calling in the distance, then after a while closer.
Uppsala, May 4, 2024.

Lewitt 440 Pure + Mixpre 3ii

A male Lynx calling for mates

Four years in a row I have been trying to record wolves. I have been lucky most years but since they have changed rendez-vouz area it took longer than usual this year. Now I have pinpointed where they are and maybe I will get better recording in the coming weeks. This is a perfect time of the year to listen for wolves.

Siggefora. September 5, 2024.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 as tree-ears

Wolves with pups

Eurasian Nutcracker singing in early spring - recorded with SASS from naturesound.it

Eurasian Nutcracker

Dawn in a private garden in Surrey. Recorded using Nagra SD with Green microphone and old Rode deadcat. Birds, local traffic, some gentle wind and my friend's dog at the end. 

Farnborough at dawn

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Eurasian Nutcracker

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