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Nightjar .wav

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Benboncan

July 1st, 2009

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Sound effects > Animals
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Various Birds

A dual mono field recording of an European Nightjar ( Caprimulgus europaeus ) all other sounds edited out.I wanted to get the wing claps as well but the midges beat me into submission. Rode NTG-2 > FEL battery pre-amp > Zoom H2 line-in.

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bird
caprimulgus-europaeus
field-recording
mono
nightjar

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:18.119

File size

3.0 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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thewitch_2014

4 years, 1 month ago

Gorgeous, clean sound! Thank you.

B
BrighfortP

6 years, 6 months ago

Thanks

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Wilhelm_Scops

7 years, 3 months ago

Thank you!

K
kingsree

11 years, 11 months ago

very nice work, thanks for sharing!

Benboncan

14 years, 11 months ago

Luck and persistance.

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