Since the days are really hectic this time of year it takes ages to get my recordings processed – even superficially. Therefore the following sounds now presented are from Sunday, April 11th. They are brought to you by a cool new feature on Xeno-canto.
It was a typical warm April day in a sense that on a windy site by the seashore it was freezing cold and on a sunny and sheltered location I could take my jacket and wool cap off. Something I’ve wanted to record ever since I got my gear is a "concert" of thrushes. These concerts can be heard in early spring and the songsters can include Fieldfares, Redwings or both. I believe that the flocks giving these concerts can be on migration and they may move on further north later on, but obviously I can’t be sure of that. The purpose of this behaviour is unknown to me, so far I haven’t done any research. Maybe the whole thing is explained in literature, I don’t know. My approach to it is one of an aesthetic – not scientist. One thing I’m pretty sure of is that this isn’t territorial song. Obviously. After all, it’s a flock of birds that aren’t dispersed on their individual territories. This recording was recorded on a sunny and sheltered location by a small field. I had taken my jacket and wool cap off. The first butterflies of the spring were flying. The recording includes a flock of both Fieldfares and Redwings singing frantically, that’s what it sounds like anyway.
The other recording from the same day is of a single Common Crane that landed in front of me on a flooded field as I was watching a very pale Common Buzzard. I wanted to put it here because I’ve always felt that Crane’s calls are really strong in creating ambiances. And that is something I like.