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Recordist's notes
Woodpeckers drum after other bird have been singing for a while. There's are definite order to which bird species sing in the dawn. Crows are often the first and woodpeckers one of the last. No idea why. Song thrushes, crows and wood pigeons are also busy.
About the place
Berlin is a city of about 3,426,354 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 700 field recordings from here.
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Early spring birdsong, rain and city roar; 36hrs in the…
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Dawn chorus, before sunrise
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Sources & credits
- “Early spring birdsong, rain and city roar; 36hrs in the Prenzlauerberg Volkspark, GFQ6+2J Berlin, Germany - Woodpeckers just after sunrise” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0