Nice capture of the sonic shockwave moving across the sky. (Even in 'XY'!)

I performed a Mid-Side test by inserting a Primo EM283 figure-eight microphone and a Primo EM 172 omnidirectional microphone into a 53 cm diameter parabolic dish. This is in order to obtain a balanced Mid-Side stereo configuration in the dish. I think this setup is more balanced than the one I made using an AOM5024 PUI capsule instead of the Primo EM172 (see the relative test here in Sundcloud in my chennel https://soundcloud.com/marco-pesente/mid-side-recording-in-parabolic-microphone-common-nightingale-song).

MID - SIDE EM172 EM283 figure 8 Parabolic Microphone

The lightning picture was taken by myself many years ago with my old film camera.  (Nikon F100)

Zoom H5
stock x/y mic

Thunder

In the wolf forest close to Uppsala I placed a drop rig continuously recording for 48 hours and mixed it down to nine minutes. In the order they appear:
willow tit
crested tit
capercaillie, male flew past very close
pygmy owl
common scooter, two flocks migrating south
rain shower
WOLVES
pygmy owl
ural owl, female barking
jay
crested tit
raven landed close and walked around at the same time as WOLVES had a concert in the distance
crested tit
willow tit
Siggefora, Uppland. September 1 to 3, 2022.

Wolf forest from dusk to dawn

This recording is not so much a dawn chorus, it is rather a succession of soloists entering and leaving the stage, one after the other. The stage: a bush in the dunes of Juist, near the “Hammersee”. The first to awake (at perhaps 5.00 am) is a (male) blackbird, he has to share the stage after 2 minutes with a garden warbler- but they stay a bit muffled behind the curtain until about 29: 30. Then the curtain is lifted, in the following three hours we can listen to wrens, blackcaps, thorn warblers, marsh warblers and other guests passing by.
With 3:30 length, this is the longest recording without man made noise (okay, there is an airplane or two crossing the north sea, I admit) that up to now I could make in my home country Germany – a rare experience, therefore I am posting it at full length.
The North Sea island of Juist is very slim. At the spot where I took most of the recordings, there are only 1500 meters from the mudflat side to the open North Sea. In between lies a freshwater lake called Hammersee. Due to the proximity of these very different habitats, interesting acoustic neighborhoods of birds occur, which otherwise live far apart. So, if you listen carefully, you can hear various geese (gray geese, Canada geese, barnacle geese) and different wading birds (such as oystercatchers, redshanks, curlews) in the background, along with the “soloists”, the songbirds . And behind it all is the constant rumbling of the North Sea waves, and a steady wind. For my ears, this is a very exciting blend of sounds.
Clippy EM272 in A/B, 70 cm, Zoom H6

Nature is waking up - North Sea island Juist, Hammersee (long version)

A change in weather is coming next week, finally some rain. Around lunch today some thunder announced the transition to more rainy weather. Our burmese cat called Cirrus can be heard in the recording when trying to avoid the approaching rain. Håga, Uppsala. July 28, 2023.

Lewitt 440 P in ORTF + Mixpre 3ii

Thunder and cats!

Last Friday we were out in our local wolf territory (1-hour drive from Uppsala) and at midnight a lone wolf howled at the moon. Always an amazing experience. Siggefora, Uppland. September 8, 2023.

Howling wolf at midnight

Minus 24 degrees Celsius and around 25 blackbirds spend most of their day at the feeding station outside my office window. Lots of small skirmishes between the thrushes when you would have thought they should conserve energy. Håga, Uppsala. December 6, 2023.

Lewitt 440 Pure in ORTF + Mixpre 3ii

Desperate blackbirds

In cold winters, you can hear the sound of cracking in the forest. The sound doesn't come from animals but from tree trunks cracking when it's really cold. When the temperature drops, the wood shrinks and if the wood shrinks enough, the trunk cracks at the weakest point. The cold cracks run along the trunk as the wood twists. 
Nåsten, Uppsala. January 20, 2024.

Trees cracking in the cold (-25 degrees C)

"Look with the eyes of the Ancestors. Listen with the ears of the Ancestors."

This is the complete composition - for those who are inwardly unbusy and unhurried. It comprises selections from a sequence of recordings made consecutively at six different locations and times within the Tapanappa region: from night time, before first light, through dawn, and into early morning. It includes the beginnings of a powerful thunderstorm that brought with it heavy rain, just after dawn, in the midst of thick mist; and the early morning after the storm and rain have receded over the ocean, as the mist slowly clears.

Listening with good quality headphones (with as near to a flat frequency response as possible, and preferably open-backed, in a quiet environment) is highly recommended, particularly as this is a binaural recording.

The recording session was accomplished, respectfully, with a sense of both awe, peacefulness, and joy, upon the land of the Ramindjeri people, and is dedicated to them.

@Bandcamp

2024.01.07 To the Ancestors. Night to Morning. Tapanappa. Summer. (Long Version)

Prague bus EM172 test

Morning at Yanayacu River

I'm an aspiring recordist that is new to the hobby.  The panorama of the sunrise was taken by myself some years ago with my Nikon D800.

Thunder

Chris

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