Name: South Polar Skua 2008 by Stein Ørjan Nilsen
Duration: 1 min 22 s
Description: The only avian predator inland Antarctica

Oh my goodness!  They are rather startling, even more so than the gulls found over Grand Beach in Manitoba.

Recorded late in the year (only 2 birds singing) at Wheldrake Ings NR, York, at 5am on the 5th July 2013. Mics ORTF, still testing - a bit left and right?

Reed Warblers With TBones ORTF

Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica, recorded at 2am on the 14th June 2013 next to the (noisy) river Varriojoki, 20km north of Savukoski, Finland. 
Telinga into a SD702.
Great Tit, Swallow, Common Sandpiper and more; they are all here as part of this birds song.

Bluethroat Mimicry

Skylark singing on a windy day, hidden somewhere within the reeds of Rye Nature Reserve in summer 2014. 

These unassuming little brown birds have quite the stamina. 

I'd suggest they'd take a break sometime, as even well after most other songbirds have either buggered off to Africa or are simply done singing their hearts out, these ones still carry on undisturbed with their mentally complex, hyper-speed and awesome songs. 

Telinga Universal MK2 with Sennheiser MKH8040, Tascam DR680 + Sound Devices USBPre2, 96khz/24bit.

Skylark singing in the reeds

The only avian predator inland Antarctica

South Polar Skua 2008

This track features the haunting vocalizations of the Common Loon. The ambient "roar" you'll hear is the sound of gentle night breezes swishing through the treetops of large Red Pines nearby. (One critical listener calls this element "sublime.") Recorded late May, 2008. Skies were mostly clear; winds were light and variable; temp. was in the low 50s (F).

Midnight Loons - Wagner Lake

MKH 8020s in DIY foam SASS running to Sound Devices 702, versus Audio Technica 4022s mounted in a foam Olson Wing, running to a Denecke phantom power unit and an Olympus LS10 recorder.  Even running to the LS10, the 4022s are a bit quieter, but they do lack some of the lower frequencies, and the stereo image is not quite as precise.

MKH 8020s SASS v AT 4022s Olson Wing

Frog chorus near Stirling Ranges, Western Australia in September 2011. Telinga clip-ons to Olympus LS-10, mic sens low. Spaced omnis on a coat hanger. According to Vicky Powys the main callers are Pobblebonk Frogs also known as Banjo Frogs Limnodynastes dumerilii. The middle caller's id is still unclear. The revving undertones could be Motorbike Frogs Litoria moorei.

Frog chorus in Western Australia

A roll of thunder growls directly overhead, recorded with two Audio Technica 4022s mounted in a DIY closed-cell foam SASS to a Sound Devices 702 recorder, 20 January 2012 in Capertee Valley, NSW, Australia.  The storm veered away to the east fortunately, as it was soon to dump lots of hail.  Small cicadas are buzzing, a few birds are chirping, it was warm and humid and a wet summer generally.

787 THUNDER.4022s.SASS.200112

Paildad, primera lluvia de mañana

A Wood Duck flew in and landed on small dam just as I was about to turn off the recorder.Olympus LS10, low sensitivity volume 10, DIY SASS 'Sass-Lite-Narrow#2' using twin PIP mic capsules.  Light breeze.


South Polar Skua 2008

Stein Ørjan Nilsen

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