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Bird colony.wav

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Kyster

September 9th, 2009

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Soundscapes > Nature
Outrup, RegionSouthern Denmark, Denmark
Birds take off

A recording of a large flock of birds, having a great time in the middle of a field, located in the west of Denmark. The microphones are placed fairly close to the birds, i would say about 70 meters away. You can hear them take off in smaller groups, but also the whole flock, almost at the same time. I have no idea how many birds we're talking about, but when they took off, it was like attending a "black sun" event (if you are familiar with the term). The sky was covered with birds.

Recorded with a TSM PR1 portable digital recorder, with external stereo microphones. Edited in Audacity 1.3.5-beta on ubuntu 8.04.2 linux.

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Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

23:52.170

File size

481.9 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

32 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Kyster

16 years, 3 months ago

Yeah, it was pretty awesome to see them. It was like a liquid black mass just floating around in front of me.

inchadney

16 years, 3 months ago

Brilliant recording! Its a flock of starlings! It must have been pretty amazing to witness them taking off.

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