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Recordist's notes
Noisy crows calling and responding, quiet Japanese bush warblers and other birds, children playing and other human sounds heard over the rumble of vehicles and aircraft on a Sunday at noon in Ichimiyake, Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Recorded on a Sony PCM-M10 with small omnidirectional mics attached to a bicycle handlebar bag. See details are and photos at Shiga Rivers (https://shigarivers.com/2018/03/19/crows/).
About the place
Moriyama is a town of about 85,485 people in Shiga, Japan. OttoAnna lists 4 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Sony PCM-M10. A pocket recorder famous for its low self-noise and long battery life.
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Sources & credits
- “2028 Ichimiyake, Yasu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-2362, Japan - Crows at Ichimiyake” by Greg Peterson – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0