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Recordist's notes
Every evening around the same time there's a major dispute in our courtyard about which birds are going to sleep in which trees. Here's a short outtake (it goes on for ages). Crows, magpies, starlings and sometimes a blackbird. Seems like the current situation is encouraging birds and animals to take over the city more and more. Recorded with a Soundfield ST350, Binaural decode.
About the place
The Hague is a city of about 474,292 people in South Holland, The Netherlands. OttoAnna lists 247 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones and Ambisonic microphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.
Recorded nearby
More by Justin Bennett
More birdsong & dawn chorus recordings
Sources & credits
- “Den Haag, Netherlands - Birds fighting” by Justin Bennett – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0