Great capture! Looks like you recorded this on my birthday ☺

Telinga Modular - African Wood Owl using the stereo foam and EM-272 capsules. By George Vlad, Mindful Audio. 

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African Wood Owl - George Vlad Telinga Modular Stereo EM272

Here is comparison of two microphones on inear thunderstorm with ravens and other birds in background.
0 - 2min40s First recording is stereo Sennheiser MKH 40 - with DIY windshield
2min40s - 5min17s Second is Earsight Omni stereo (separated around 1m)
5min17s - end   Last is MIXed both together
Recorder ZOOM F6

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Thunder and birds - comparison microphones Sennheiser MKH40 and Earsight

Fox Barking

Birds at dawn. Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area near Ithaca, New York. © Lang Elliott, musicofnature.com

Foggy Bottom

A pleasing dawn chorus recorded at Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area near Ithaca, NY. 21 May, 2016. Binaural - Please listen with headphones.

Prominent singers include Eastern Wood-Pewee, Mourning Dove, Wood Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Ovenbird. © Lang Elliott, musicofnature.com

Woodland Medley

SINGING BROOK  – Track 9 from THRUSH FLUTESONGS, available here: http://store.musicofnature.com/products/pure-nature/thrush-flutesongs

Recorded at 5pm, 9 June 2000, near Fish Creek Pond Campground, Saranac Lake, New York.
Microphone: quasi-binaural SASS (Stereo Ambient Sampling System) modified for use with Sennheiser MKH20 microphones.

THRUSH FLUTESONGS is a collection of twelve beautiful soundscapes featuring seven different species of North American Thrushes: Wood Thrush, Veery, Hermit Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Bicknell’s Thrush, and Varied Thrush. All are talented musicians whose songs are variously described as magical, flutelike, eerie, and ethereal. This is one of our most treasured titles

SINGING BROOK track description: Thrushes often sing at dusk, acting as musical portals into darkness. In this pristine Adirondack recording that I made in deep forest next to a small stream, a nearby Swainson’s Thrush gives a splendid performance and another can be heard singing in the background. I doubt if I’ll ever capture a more poignant recording of this amazing species. Listen also for the periodic thumping drums of a Ruffed Grouse and the distant calls of a Common Loon near the end.

Thrush Flutesongs

Singing Brook

ABUNDANT LIFE: Birds singing in hardwood forest at6:30am, 21 May 2016. Recorded at Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area near Ithaca, New York. © Lang Elliott. Please play at a low volume to simulate a natural listening experience.

Microphone: quasi-binaural SASS (Stereo Ambient Sampling System) modified for use with Sennheisser MKH20 mics.

THERE IS NO END to bad news when it comes to birds. Recent studies show significant decreases in the populations of a number of our neotropical migrants, a major cause being the loss of habitat on their wintering grounds. And then there’s the predicted negative effects of climate change. So much bad news, almost each and every day!

While I certainly do not deny that there is trouble brewing and that we should do something about it, my purpose is not to wave the red flag of impending doom. Rather, my mission is to celebrate that which is good and present in our lives right now. And this morning’s recording does just that! I’ve christened it Abundant Life due to its rich variety of bird sounds. Close your eyes and listen. How many species can you identify?

"Only birds sing the music of heaven in this world."
 – haiku by Kobayashi Issa

I obtained this recording purely by chance. I had just picked up my soundscape microphone (which I’d left next to a beaver pond at 4:30am) and was heading back to my car. While walking along the trail through hardwood forest, I heard the plaintive whistle of a wood-pewee – pee-a-wee – and stopped to enjoy it. That’s when I became aware of all the other bird sounds in the air.

Excited by what I was hearing, I quickly set up my mic and hit record. I was able to get about twelve minutes of the mix before a jet thundered over at low altitude, followed a truck rumbling down a nearby road. By the time the noise subsided, a number of the birds had moved farther away, so I didn’t resume my recording.
I am very happy with nature’s gift of the day. As you can hear, there are quite a number of singers, including the following:

Eastern Wood-Pewee
Wood Thrush
Mourning Dove
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-eyed Vireo
Ovenbird
American Crow
Common Raven
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (one call and drums)
+ several other species singing more softly in the background

No, I wouldn’t classify this as a meditative zen-style recording. But I do consider it an exceptional “celebration of abundance,” of the rich variety of birds that live in our natural surroundings. I am so very grateful to witness this abundance almost daily during the spring and early summer breeding season. How pleasurable to hear so many voices all in one place … my beloved avian musicians singing their joy into the world.

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Abundant Life

A Common Pauraque calls at dusk as the day choruses change to the night shift.
Recordist: Martyn Stewart
Recorder: Sound Devices 722
Microphone: MKH-20-20
Location: Nosara, Costa Rica
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Website: www.naturesound.org

Common Pauraque - Insects

2012 May 6  06:36 hrs
Recorded just over a hill from our camp along the South Fork Crooked River. Crook County, Oregon.
The dawn bird chorus has settled down a bit, yet the morning is alive with joyful expressions of life.
Meanwhile down in camp most of the Oregon Natural Desert Association volunteer crew, including myself, have not yet awoken - still resting from a good long day of riparian restoration.

Species:
Anyone who can help identify the species and calls, please feel free to comment, and I will add them to this list.

Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)
Western Meadowlark
Northern Flicker: drum call
Chipping Sparrow
Common Raven


Equipment: Sound Devices 702 recorder, two Rode NT1A microphones head-spaced,  angled 60 degrees between axes, and separated by a sound absorbing baffle.
Edits: Amplified  20 dB above natural to bring out the nuances of this quiet soundscape, equalized to balance frequencies and to minimize a low frequency tone possibly from a distant motor.

This recording has been featured on the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) website: http://onda.org/blog/sounds-of-oregons-high-desert

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