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Departure of the Westland Petrels

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stormpetrel

March 3rd, 2013

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Sound effects > Animals
Runanga, West Coast, New Zealand
Southern oceans soundscape

The Westland Petrel is a small pelagic bird which breeds during the austral winter in the densely forested hills of the South Island's West Coast of New Zealand.

It is very early in the morning and the birds are outside their burrows preparing their departure. The activity in the colony is at its climax. They will gather soon on the edge of the cliff to take off for a week long trip at sea.

West Coast, New Zealand
Rode NT4 + homebrewed preamp + Aiwa DAT recorder
20/03/2003 04h30LO

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bird
bush
canopy
cliff
colony
dawn
dense
field-recording
forest
Indian
nature
New
New-Zealand
NT4
ocean
Pacific
pelagic
Petrel
Procellaria
rain
rode
sea
seabirds
soundscape
Tasman
trees
West-Coast
westlandica
wildlife

Type

Flac (.flac)

Duration

4:15.253

File size

27.5 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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raadsel

9 years, 6 months ago

Wonderful gossipy, argumentative sound from these birds.

Bram

11 years, 11 months ago

Superb recording!! Love the guttural sound of the bird close by...

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