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Magpies very close and intricate twitterings
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Recordist's notes
Unattended (by myself) microphones allow others to come very close at times. In this case the magpie must be in the next tree. This recording has no melodic song birds but is a rhythmic texture of chirps, tweets, twitters, caws and clacks - sparrows, greenfinches, crows, great & blue tits. Trains pass.
About the place
Pankow is a town of about 65,375 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 44 field recordings from here.
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A study in distance, children from afar
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Under the railbridge, still quiet between thundering trains
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Tunnel for pedestrians between Wedding and Prenzlauer Berg, below…
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Symphony of Groans, Spreepark abandonned fun fair
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Sources & credits
- “Das Nasse Dreieck (The Wet Triangle), wildlife and the distant city in a secluded green space, once part of the Berlin Wall, 13187 Berlin, Germany - Magpies very close and intricate twitterings” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0