A very dawn chorus
Monday, April 13th, 2009 by lunamanLazy country birds. I’m sure they start up at around 4am here in the town, but last night I stayed up and drove to Dry Sandford Pit at 3.30am, as you do, and sat for an hour waiting for my first tweet. I couldn’t get the dratted pre-mixer to work in stereo with the Edirol, so lugged the video camera out with me and walked round the woods with two Sennheisers in tow. Nothing but owls and disturbed crows until about 4.50am, then as the sky lightened the birds really awoke. An amazing experience, surrounded by song and only the occasional rumble of traffic from the A420, or airplane. I’m still searching for that elusive quiet woodland in Oxfordshire, where you can’t hear a road.
As always, headphones will provide the best listening experience, but steady yourself for a shock near the start – don’t keep a cup of tea near the keyboard.
