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Recordist's notes
Recorded at 2 am at Lunsford Corner pond, near Lake Maumelle, central Arkansas, USA. Rain falling. The pond is about 10 feet from the microphones, which were mounted on a tree and left to record overnight. Excerpt from 14 hour recording. Microphones: Lom MikroUsi pair. Recorder: Sony A10.
About the place
Maumelle is a town of about 17,931 people in Arkansas, United States. OttoAnna lists 3 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: LOM microphones (Uši). Small omni microphones from the Slovak LOM collective, popular for quiet nature recording.
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Sources & credits
- “Lunsford Corner, pond, Arkansas, USA - Spring Peepers (frogs) at Lunsford Pond” by dismalhiker – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0