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Field recording · Greece

Bombilyius Major vrs stridulations and strimmers

Unnamed Road, Mikro Papigko 440 04, Greece

A 4-minute field recording by Peter Annear made in Greece on 22 June 2017, in the afternoon. Soundscape: wind and frogs & insects.

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Bombilyius Major vrs stridulations and strimmers
3:45

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Recordist's notes

Bombilyius Major - what a wonderful name - also known as Large Bee Fly is a bee mimic; he has a long probyscus and hums happily whilst drinking nektar. Today on our threshing floor (Aloni) on a pleasant (25C) sunny day with a slight breeze he was in chorus with a stridulating Acrida mediterranea (grasshopper) -please can someone confirm spcies and activity - and strimmer (Apostolis with his Stihl). It seems as if they all try to tune to each other and sing in harmony. This was recorded using a Phonak lapel mic with low pass filter, mounted on a selfie stick with a mini Rycote windgag to an Olympus LS 14. Edited simply in Audacity: selection of fragment, fade i/o

Written by Peter Annear on radio aporee ::: maps.

Context

This recording was made away from larger towns, about 35 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.

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