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Recordist's notes
The recording was taken with a Zoom H2n mic on a hot August afternoon. The temperature was 24c and no clouds in the sky. You can hear a small plane taking off, and another hovering above the airport. Intermittent loud 'pops' can be heard from a grape vineyard across the road. These pops are Bird Bangers. They are similar to loud firecrackers, and they are placed throughout farm fields to go off randomly from various locations. Here in Pelee, they protect grapes and soy fields from being destroyed by birds. This non-lethal, humane form of hazing for birds and other animals has been going on here for decades. Regards, Maurice Azzano
About the place
Leamington is a town of about 35,730 people in Ontario, Canada. OttoAnna lists 6 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H2n. A compact recorder with five capsules offering X/Y, mid-side and surround modes.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “776 Centre Dyke Rd, Pelee Island, ON N0R 1M0, Canada - Pelee Island Airport” by maurice.azzano – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0