Name: Red Ant + Black Ant Nests. recorded using Leaf Audio Contact mic + field amp by Phil Mill - Wildlife and Nature Sounds
Duration: 3 min 57 s
Description: Red Ant + Black Ant Nests, a comparison. Recorded using Leaf Audio Contact Mic + Soil probe into Leaf Audio amplifier.

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

I recorded the song of the Common Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos, using a Sound devices 302 combined with a Roland R05. As a microphone I used a Parabolic Microphone I built as DIY, with a PUI AOM 5024 capsule inside in mono configuration.

Common Nightingale Song - Sound Devices 302 - Roland R05 MONO recording

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

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

I performed a comparison between the 3.5mm Plug-In Power and 48V XLR Phantom inputs of the MicTrak ZOOM M4 recorder.
The first part was with two 3.5mm Plug-In Power shots; the second part was with two 48V XLR shots.
I used two PUI AOM5024 capsules simultaneously on both channels.
The file was normalized to 0.1 dB.
Downloadable file..

ZOOM M4 - 3.5mm PIP Plug In Power Vs. XLR 48v - NORMALIZED up to 0.1 dB PUI AOM5024 capsules

Red Ant + Black Ant Nests, a comparison. Recorded using Leaf Audio Contact Mic + Soil probe into Leaf Audio amplifier. 

Red Ant + Black Ant Nests. recorded using Leaf Audio Contact mic + field amp

I recorded this uncommon duet between a Blackbird, Turdus merula, and a Green Frog, Rana esculenta.
Microphones DIY SASS  stereo rig with AT3032; recorder Sony D50.

Frog and Blackbird duet

Nature Sound Recordings, Wildlife Sound, Field Recordings

Red Ant + Black Ant Nests. recorded using Leaf Audio Contact mic + field amp

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