Located on the Tanneron Ridges, the Forêt Du Grand Duc covers 90 hectares and offers beautiful views over the Mediterranean Sea, the Bay of Cannes and the Lérins Islands. 

This recording was made at 6am, about 45 minutes before sunrise. We hear nightingales, robins, blue tits, blackbirds and other common woodland birds. 

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)
20.04.2021

Dawn Chorus - Forêt Du Grand Duc, Mandelieu, France

Early morning by little Rengaskari Reef, less than a mile from our shore. This is an excerpt from an over night recording. Had to do a low cut as there's been some low rumble from an unknown source that has affected all nightly recordings of this spring from the sea side. (and is still audible)
Birds: Common Eider, Greylag Goose, Barnacle Goose, Mew Gull

Updating www.rupuranta.net

(MKH8020 ab80cm, MixPre II 32>24, Flac)

Morning by Rengaskari Reef - 20/4/2021 - Makholma Finland

I've been recording throughout Deep Creek National Park (formerly Conservation Park) for several years, and throughout all seasons. This recent recording was different from any other I've made here. It was dominated mainly by Australian Ravens and Magpies, although a few other birds make an appearance, such as what I believe was an energetic little Brown Thornbill in the foreground, at one point. In other recordings made during the same morning at other nearby locations, Grey Shrike-thrushes and White-throated Treecreepers, amongst others, could be heard.

What I like most about this recording is the recurring, distant, beautiful, wistful call of a Magpie somewhere much farther up the valley: its song is sometimes occluded by the nearer Ravens and Magpies; and sometimes, in more quiet intervals, its song reverberates gently, quietly, and elegantly down the valley.

Can be listened to with speakers or headphones; but quality open-backed headphones are especially recommended.

Unprocessed and unedited recording (96/24 WAV > 48/24 FLAC).

Recorded on land of the Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri people that is now a National Park.

2022.05.08 Coastal Eucalypt Forest. Dawn. Deep Creek. Late Autumn.

A lovely pre-dawn chorus in southwestern New Mexico, near the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wildernesses.  Features American Robin, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Mexican Spotted Owl, Common Nighthawk, Hermit Thrush, Mexican Whippoorwill, and listen close for the barking of the Elegant Trogon.  Much of this area was burned in a wildfire in 2022.

Rocky Canyon pre-dawn_150603

Chant étonnant du Coucou gris enregistré le 14 mai 2022 à Arcon à l'arboretum des Grands Murcins près de roanne, à l'occasion du rassemblement Sonatura. 
Ce coucou alterne son traditionnel chant à deux notes avec parfois 3 notes ou 2 notes dont les hauteurs varient.
Enregistré avec un couple de Sennheiser MKH 8040 en ORTF et Zoom F6. 
Aucune coupure ni montage pour toute cette séquence. 
Enregistrement Olivier Pichard

Amazing song of the Grey Cuckoo recorded on 14 May 2022 in Arcon at the Grands Murcins arboretum near Roanne, during the Sonatura meeting. 
This cuckoo alternates its traditional two-note song with sometimes 3 notes or 2 notes whose pitches vary.
Recorded with a pair of Sennheiser MKH 8040 in ORTF and Zoom F6. 
Recorded by Olivier Pichard

Photo : cc by sa Vogelartinfo

Coucou gris à 3 notes arboretum des Grands Murcins à Arcon(42)

This recording captures a male Capercaillie lekking at dawn. We hear this majestic forest bird flying down from it's tree perch before displaying on a raised mound, flapping it's wings and producing fascinating popping and clicking vocalisations. It took three overnight drop rig recording sessions in this magical forest to locate and successfully record the lekking. 

Zoom F3 + Sennheiser MKH 8020s
15.04.2023

Photo courtesy of David Palmer (Creative Commons)

Western Capercaillie Lek - Öjesjöbrännan Ekopark, Västerfärnebo, Sweden

At the crossroads of day and night, diurnal birds meet nocturnal animals for a precious hour. Thus the black-crowned night herons, doves, ducks meet the roar of the deer, the fleeting bats and the tawny owl, in a unique and precious soundscape in the heart of the forest of Orléans, the biggest forest in France

Crépuscule Automnal À L'étang Du Ravoir (Automn Nightfall At Ravoir's Pound)

Le campement est posé sur le bord de mer. Et surprise, des Chouettes chevêches (Athene noctua) se réveillent dans un tintamarre grandissant. Vite la parabole Dodotronic et le Tascam DR05X ! Parmi plusieurs séquences de sons, celle-ci est retenue. D'autres sont déposées sur xeno-canto. Avec les sons en arrière plan de la turbulence humaine, des Pélodytes ponctués (Pelodytes punctatus), des Grenouilles rieuses (Pelophylax ridibundus) et de rares Rainettes méridionales (Hyla meridionalis).

The camp is set on the seaside. And surprise, Little Owls (Athene noctua)wake up in a growing din. Quickly the Dodotronic parabola and the Tascam DR05X! Among several sequences of sounds, this one is retained. Others are deposited on xeno-canto. With background sounds of human turbulence, the Common Parsley Frog (Pelodytes punctatus), the Marsh Frog(Pelophylax ridibundus) and rare songs of the Mediterranean Tree Frogs (Hyla meridionalis).

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Réveil crépusculaire des Chouettes chevêches à Aytré (17), le 27 avril 2023 au soir.

2023.05.19 Microbat Nocturne. Mallee Country. Late Autumn.

Dummy head binaural recording of Coast Guard AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter in hovering flight over the sea and flies away at low altitude. 
In the background the sound of sea waves on the pebbles beach. 32 bit, 192 khz, stereo.  

Photo by Flight Sardinia Magazine (flightsardiniamagazine.weebly.com)

Binaural dummy head recording of AW-139 helicopter on pebbles beach

[Experiment] Trying the Shure MV88 mic on a iPhone for field recording (nature).   Not that I would want to do this very often, but it could be useful when better mics/recorders are not available in a given moment.   The photo shows the location where this recording was made (holding the iPhone, standing about 5 feet from the grass in lower middle of photo).

[Setup] Shure MV88 on an iPhone 10 with foam windscreen. Settings on app:  mid-side mode, max compression, flat EQ,   The quality is not bad for what it is.

The Shure MV88 is *not* a sensitive mic and certainly not great for nature field recording.  The manual even says it was designed to record in very loud environments like concerts, so it would not be good for recording a quiet soundscape.   However, for loud environments it seems OK.   These cricket frogs were so loud that I wore the headphones for ear protection even when not recording.  Without ear protection the frog calls were painfully loud (to give an idea of the ambient sound levels being recorded).

BTW, on an iPhone X I was not able to find a way to monitor audio while recording.  Gain was set by watching the meter on the app.  On phones that have plug-in headphones, apparently there is a way to monitor audio while recording.

iPhone field recording using Shure MV88 mic (frogs in forest)

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

Réveil crépusculaire des Chouettes chevêches à Aytré (17), le 27 avril 2023 au soir.

Olivier Swift

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