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Field recording · Australia

Typical suburban soundscape for the area

3 Christina Parade, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia

A field recording by Sam Murray made in Perth, Australia on 7 December 2017, in the afternoon. Soundscape: wind and birdsong & dawn chorus.

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Typical suburban soundscape for the area
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Recordist's notes

Captured this on lunch break. These sounds are very familiar to locals. The local population of rainbow lorikeets came from a local university that had a selection in captivity, but they escaped. That small nucleus of birds bred and bred and now they are very common, and a huge pest to orchards and farms. They are, however, objectively stunning. This tree had several species of birds in it, but I couldn't keep my eyes off a pair of rainbow lorikeets, sitting atop the tree. Recorded with a Zoom h2n, with a zoom wind jammer fitted. I stuck it on a selfie stick and held it up to get closer to the birds. ATH-MX40 headphones. XY Mode (I'm experimenting with XY mode, rather than MS at the moment)

Written by Sam Murray on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Perth is a city of about 2,384,371 people in Western Australia, Australia. OttoAnna lists 16 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H2n. A compact recorder with five capsules offering X/Y, mid-side and surround modes.

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