{"id":803,"date":"2009-11-18T20:08:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T03:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/?p=803"},"modified":"2009-11-26T20:13:46","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T03:13:46","slug":"bird-ambience-point-lobos-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/18\/bird-ambience-point-lobos-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Ambience, Point Lobos State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Birds

Birds can be so demanding...and chatty!<\/p><\/div>\n

While tiny, Point Lobos State Reserve<\/a> in of California’s Big Sur region<\/a> packs a wallop. Big surf, sea lion colonies, petrified dunes, amazing rocks, and a dense forest with many birds. There’s a loop trail that is full of rocky, coastal, dramatic goodness, but there are also little-used paths that cut right across the park. They’re not long and have a utilitarian feel, but one August I was there alone and happened upon a pocket of songbird insanity.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t equipped for, or anticipating, an audio recording event, but one must always be prepared!\u00c2\u00a0I stood recording for about five minutes and was surrounded by what I think were juncos, sparrows, and warblers (although I’m not a birder, so I could be mistaken – identifications in the comments are encouraged!). I was surrounded by surf but the forest and hills kept the background roaring to a minimum. But the main reason for the clean recording was the volume – the birds stayed in their trees, ignored me, and were just singing their hearts out.<\/p>\n

A pretty magical moment, captured as best as I could on the gear I had (some bandpass filtering was used to clean up the recording a bit). Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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\n[Zoom H2 recorder]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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