Comments for Earbirding.com

Comment on Murder Most Foul by Handicapper

Handicapper — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:05:52 +0000

Fascinating account. I found your blog while following links in search of a bird call I heard this afternoon. I never expected to read something like you related — although, I am aware of the laziness of the cowbird!

I live in the mid-Atlantic region, northern Delaware to be more precise. So, may not encounter many of your bird neighbors. Nonetheless, I will have to return again — to see what new things I can learn.

Comment on Happy Merganser Day! by Todd Wilson

Todd Wilson — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:31:30 +0000

Nice story! I’m all for new holidays! This Merganser Day, on my daily lunch time walk to Lake Michigan, I saw 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Common Merganser, and 1 Hooded Merganser X Common Goldeneye hybrid. So it was a very good Merganser Day, even though I didn’t know it at the time.

Comment on Recordist Profile: Andrew Spencer by Andrew Spencer

Andrew Spencer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:26:48 +0000

This is a topic that will be covered here soon, hopefully, so stay tuned!

Comment on Recordist Profile: Andrew Spencer by Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:15:19 +0000

Andrew,

Interesting you should mention the modded Marantz sounding better that a stock Fostex. I got Oade’s super mod on the Fostex FR2-LE and have been very happy with it. I use the Fostex with a dpa 4060 lav mic for recording high quality oral histories which I edit in Adobe Audition 2.0. If you haven’t already, consider getting a Tamiya-type 7.2 volt battter pack for longer, stronger battery performance.

Comment on Otherwise Engaged by K. Cowcill

K. Cowcill — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:08:37 +0000

lol! Sign me up for a copy then.

Comment on Recordist Profile: Andrew Spencer by K. Cowcill

K. Cowcill — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:07:37 +0000

Hi Andrew…when you want to remove a low frequency background noise in Adobe Audition do you capture a profile of the ‘offending’ noise and then filter it out of the entire track, or do you have a more sophisticated means? I’ve used the former in AA 1.5 with mostly ok results although some slight distortion is heard depending on what I’m removing (e.g. when I removed the babbling brook to highlight the dipper, the dipper is still recognizable but sounds a bit echoey).

I was just wondering if you had some favourite editing techniques with some of the other filters. I now have AA 2.0 so I’m trying to find my way around that.

Comment on Otherwise Engaged by Nathan Pieplow

Nathan Pieplow — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:03:42 +0000

Why, bird sounds of course!

Comment on Otherwise Engaged by K. Cowcill

K. Cowcill — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:39:52 +0000

heh–Congrats Nathan! Any hints on what the book will be about?

Comment on SongFinder Review by Scott Severs

Scott Severs — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:11:26 +0000

This is very encouraging, and the inventor Lang Elliot is one of my favorite nature recordists around. He suffered from hearing loss and this device was his attempt to recover what he had lost. Great review. Thank you.

Comment on Recordist Profile: Bob Zilly by The "Nunn Guy" (Gary)

The "Nunn Guy" (Gary) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:16:05 +0000

Thanks for the tips above–I am still awaiting the day when these recording devices can tell me what bird it is–or present a list of suitable candidates.

There was a consumer product out there (awhile back) developed by researchers at one time but it is no longer available and they told me they were working on a better product (this about 2-3 years ago). Still waiting. Gary