Hi Tom, Wonderful recording. Capturing these birds is a dream of mine. To be in that place and experience those sounds live, straight from nature… I'm curious what might have happened, because around 3:04 there's an unpleasant low-frequency sound that somewhat spoils the joy of listening. I'm no expert, but I once had a similar constant hum when there was a grounding issue. Still, I think the recording is amazing :) Warm regards   translating by chgpt

Steady rainfall decreases and the night chorus is active; I recorded this with a double-mid-side system

Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest Night

Swainsons Thrush and flying insects are busy in a thickly forested area in the mountains of Montana.  I recorded this a couple summers ago.

Swainsons Thrush And Flying Insects In Montana Summer Forest

Some pretty active birds and insects, then rain onset in the cloud forest in Costa Rica.

Birdy Rain Onset in Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Création sonore réalisée à partir d'une compilation d'enregistrements effectués lors d'un voyage au Maroc avec Théalie Dhellemmes fin mars 2023. Les ambiances ont été enregistrées au cours d'un itinéraire de Chefchaouen à Fès, en passant par Taza et Missour. A écouter au casque ou sur de bonnes enceintes stéréo pour profiter pleinement d'une écoute immersive de type binaural.
Remerciements à Théalie Dhellemmes, Amandine Viale, Chaïma Abagli, Olivier Fontaine, Mustapha Meziane, Martine, Laura, Antoine et Martin Pichard pour leurs contributions.

De Chefchaouen à Fès

Enregistrement d'une roselière, secteur Madine vers 2h30 du matin le 12 mai 2024. 
Butor étoilé, Rainette verte , Rousserolle turdoïde, Blongios nain, Locustelle luscinioide, Rossignol philomèle, Coucou gris, Chouette hulotte, Phragmite des joncs etc... Mais aussi hélas sanglier dans la roselière ! 
Enregistrement en MS avec MKH 8060 + MKH 8030.

Etangs meusiens,  Butor étoilé, Rouserolle turdoïde etc..

Mixpre3 + Earsight Stereo Pair
24bit/48kHz

lake shore, tópart, Gemenc, Keselyűs - 2024-05-27

Close friends of mine live in northern Sweden and this dawn recording is from their garden. On the other side of the road, close to the lake, cows are grazing the meadows and a pair of Black-throated Loons call from time to time. Bees form the background sound as well.

Kläppsjö, Junsele. June 25, 2024
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272

Dawn chorus with cowbells and loons

Recorded this night thunderstorm with a Sennheiser double mid-side system.  The rain was pretty heavy over a grove of aspen, with some broader leafed vegetation on the forest floor.  The storm lasted for a few hours, I picked out this section to share for now.  

Night Thunder and Heavy Rain in Aspen Grove with Broadleaf Understory

The wind in this mountainous region is incredible, and it sweeps through so many layers of vegetation.  I enjoyed recording the gusts through foliage and grasses with the onset of the nights' insect chorus, it's a double mid-side recorded decoded to stereo.  

Heavy Winds of Monteverde and Insect Chorus

I put these mics underneath some broad-leafed plants so you can hear the rain drops striking the leaves, as well as the wet ground and standing water in places below sometimes.  The birds, insects, amphibians, and ??? are active and becoming more vocal, this was the aftermath of a thunderstorm in Ecuador.   

Ecuadorian Amazon- Light Rain on Broadleaves with Active Wildlife

An asylum of loons wail, yodel, and tremolo around midnight communicating across Dore Lake in remote Saskatchewan, Canada, all the while being accompanied by trilling boreal chorus frogs. Yes those are official names for different loon vocalization, and an asylum is a thing too, really. Two clips recorded about a half hour apart are cross faded together at 3:14. Recorded May 2025 with Sony PCM-M10 & pair Clippy EM272 0mnidirectinal  microphones in A - B attached to opposite sides of tree trunk a few yard from lake shore.

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