2025-06-17

DIY parabola with MKH8020 + Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo courtesy Ana & Victor via Flickr, Creative Commons License (Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0)

Downy Woodpecker calls - Washburn Ave, Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-03

Parabolic dish mounted with Sennheiser MKH 8020 + Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo by cuatrok77, CC BY-SA 2.0

Four Great Blue Herons in flight over the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-03

Parabolic dish mounted with Sennheiser MKH 8020 + Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo by Gene Ellison, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Northern Cardinal singing over the drone of a freight liner on the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-11 06:42:00

DIY Parabola with Sennheiser MKH 8020 into Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo by Amy Evenstad, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Indigo Bunting song over the lapping of the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-11 06:07:00

Sennheiser MKH 8040 (stereo pair in ORTF) + Zoom F3

Southbound Amtrak train passing along the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

Cargo ship travelling north on the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

The Wood Thrush has such a singular, almost robotic-sounding song, and was one of the first I encountered when I started listening to birds. In this recording two thrushes can be heard, in conversation or competition with one another.

Recorded 2025-07-21 at about 6:30am

DIY parabola mounted with Sennheiser MKH 8020 into Sound Devices MixPre 6

Photo by Tom Benson (Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Wood Thrushes singing - Tivoli Bays WMA, Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-22 7:30am

DIY parabola with MKH 8020 into Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo by Doug Greenberg (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Black-and-white Warbler song - Tivoli Bays WMA, Tivoli, NY

A Marsh Wren sings from low down in the reeds flanking one of the channels that run through the Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area. Dozens of bird species visit these wetlands and the surrounding area—warblers, herons, sandpipers, flycatchers and gulls can all be heard alongside the low croaking of northern Green Frogs.

Recorded 2025-07-30 at 6:30am

DIY parabola with MKH 8020 + Zoom F3

Photo by Eric Ellingson, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Marsh Wren song - Tivoli Bays WMA, Tivoli, NY

An Orchard Oriole recorded from 120 feet using a Wildtronics Pro Amplified Mono Parabolic Microphone and a Tascam DR-05 recorder.

Indigo Bunting song over the lapping of the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

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