Our noisey planet

We are a noisey species, that's for sure!

30 years ago it took about 3 hours to record one pristine hour, today it takes over 2000 hours!

June 28th recording

June 28th 2008 04:50 am

Sierra Valley, CA

The sound of White-faced Ibis coming in to land, not a jet fighter i promise.

You can find this weeks recording at:

This weeks recording

New recording

June 22 2008 04:12 am

Stossel creek road
04:22 am June 22nd 2008
Weather: 57f overcast/drizzle turned to light rain.
humidity 78%
Winds calm

Take-7/8

Microphones mkh-30/40 ms pattern
Tripod mounted in DPA windpac
Recorder: SD722
44.1k 24bit stereo
Cable run 30ft, to recorder in vehicle (jeep)

Biophony:
Pacific chorus frog/willow flycatcher/common yellowthroat/barred owl/black-headed grosbeak/beaver/tree swallow/swainson's thrush/song sparrow/winter wren/american robin/insects/bullfrog/brown creeper/wood duck/red-winged blackbird/raven/douglas squirrel/golden-crowned kinglet
Anthrophony:
Aircraft/distant traffic
Recordist: martyn stewart

This weeks recordings are found here....

Australian Parrots

ttp://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/interactive/parrots/

There is a fantastic new documentory called Australia: Land of Parrots which screened recently in Australia. I believe a US broadcaster has purchased it so you should keep an eye out for it. Lots of really stunning footage shot in HD. The opening sequence has some nice shots of Major Mitchell's, Gang Gang and Palm cockatoo's and a huge flock of what looks like Major Mitchell's cockatoo's wheeling over the desert. ABC TV has a interactive site for the program which and you can play
a low res version of the program - not sure if it's accessible to the
wider world web however.

This weeks nature sounds

This weeks recordings can be found at

http://naturesound.org/This%20weeks%20recordings.html

June 15th 2008 04:22am

Location: Stossel creek road

Duvall, washington .USA

MS system mkh-30/40 tripod mounted with windpac

SD 722

Take:1 & 2

44.1k 24bit

50f 80% humidity

4:22 am-6:30 am

Partly cloudy

Winds: calm

Species:

Common nighthawk

Willow flycatcher - olive-sided flycatcher

Red-winged blackbird

Barred owl

Chorus frog

Dark-eyed junco

Tree swallow

Pacific-slope flycatcher

Common raven

Black-headed grosbeak

American robin

Song sparrow

Wilson's warbler

Red-breasted sapsucker

Swainson's thrush

Red-breasted nuthatch

Band-tailed pigeon

Winter wren

Douglas squirrel

Insects

Ambient

Anthrophony:

Aircraft

Distant Traffic

Comments:

Fair recording quality. Some distant traffic noises.