Arrivée des Grues cendrées sur le lac de Puydarrieux, dans les Hautes-Pyrénées, un 6 décembre 2023. Elles arrivent par petits groupes qui communiquent entre eux et génèrent des vocalises de celles déjà en place. Silencieusement, quatre Chevreuils passent à côté des Grues. Canard colvert et Chevalier guignette s'entendent dans cette cacophonie, ainsi qu'un lointain hélicoptère.
Tascam DR05X et parabole Wildtronics 

Hautes-Pyrénées

Arrivée crépusculaire des Grues cendrées sur le lac de Puydarrieux, un 6 décembre 2023

La matin, lever du jour. Les premiers froids de la saison. Les Grues cendrées, dans un charivari sonnant de salutations, reprennent leurs ascensions vers les aires d'alimentation aux alentours, en ce moment les résidus des champs de maïs. Vocalises des Corneilles noires, du Rougegorge familier, d'un Pouillot véloce, des Pinsons des arbres et même le chant lointain d'une Bouscarle de Cetti. À vos casques !
MixPre-6-II sur powerbank et microphones Earsight

Daily departure from the Cranes

Départ des Grues cendrées, lac de Puydarrieux un 7 décembre 2023

From dusk to dawn with two pairs of cranes and one or two single male contenders. In this recording you will hear almost infrasound (80-200 Hz) growls and heavy panting as the males chase each other in the wetland and of course the trumpeting of cranes through the night. An amazing experience to be this close. Huddunge, Uppsala. April 9, 2024.

Mixpre 3ii + Lewitt 440 Pure in ortf

Cranes like you never heard them before!

Not sure if this has ever been recorded before but during the fights between two male cranes I heard them panting and utter almost infrasound growls (80 to 200 Hz). These calls were not made by the wings. Has anyone heard these before?
Huddunge, Uppland. April 9, 2024

AudioTechnica BP4025 + Zoom F3

Near infrasound in Cranes fighting

Watch out for the fanfare later in the recording. It seems as the Crane must build up pressure within its body to be able to produce the calls that travels for kilometers.

Huddunge, Uppland. April 2, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 as tree ears

A Crane fanfare

Early morning and a Common Crane is slowly walking in a wet mire, almost talking to itself.

Huddunge, Uppland. April 2, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272

Crane chatting

This is a familiar summer sound for me given that I did research on Red-backed Shrikes for 5 years. The parents utter their harsh warning calls and the fledglings beg for food. In the background, a pair of Common Cranes just started their day with a fanfare!

Råksjön, Uppland. August 1, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM 272 spread 1 m apart

Scandinavian specialties - Red-backed Shrike and Common Crane

Capteur de sons - https://xeno-canto.org/contributor/JCPKCBKKAQ

Field sound recordist and archivist of vanishing sounds in natural Iandscapes. Highly commended in the Sound of the Year Awards 2024 - Best Natural Sound.

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