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Little owl’s calling. Night (dark) ambiance on farmland 1 km from major rivers.

Elena García, CC BY-SA 3.0 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 >, via Wikimedia Commons

It's a lovely summer night with a gentle breeze from the south behind me. The sun has set for half an hour, so it's getting pretty dark already.
For young listeners you hear the crickets throughout the recording. The Mallard’s and Geese just go on all night. A moth at the microphone for a moment.

Two little owls, also known as the owl of Athena or owl of Minerva, appear in the audio image. That would be special because there are very few sightings of this species in the Netherlands. Maybe I was lucky, but the BirdNet analyse is 100% sure. However, if you don't turn on the recorder, you won't be recording anything special.

This sound is used in the radioshow Vroege Vogels, BNNVARA, Dutch public radio, Sunday August 22,2021 09:30 AM
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Date/time: August 11th 2021, 1012PM

Weather: 17c, clear sky night, wind SSW 1 bft with gusts to 6 km/h, 1019 hPa, humidity 78%.

Location; near Kerkstraat on farmland Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.710961, 4.705501

Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS, in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer > Sound Devices 302 >Tascam dr-100 Mk2. Decoded Mid-side to STEREO. (S302 Max gain, dr-100 Max gain, final mix Audcity LMR -10, -17, -10 dB)

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