Flock of Village (Spotted-Backed) Weavers
audio, wildlife posted by listentoafrica on Sep 14th, 2009
This flock of Village Weavers was busy building nests in a tree just across from the restaurant in the Bandia Reserve. Every now and then the whole flock would suddenly go quiet for one or two seconds before starting up again. In this recording, taken just before the skies opened to rain, we captured one of these silences.
Species: Ploceus cucullatus
Common name: Village (Spotted-Backed) Weaver
Date and time recorded: 13:47 local time, 31st August 2009
Location: Bandia Reserve, Senegal (view on map)
Equipment: Audio-Technica AT897 via FEL MicBooster MB-1 to Fostex FR2LE
Copyright: Listen to Africa
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Recording silences opens up a new realm in sound recording and I think you could well be hitting a rich and so far unexploited seam. Any chance you could catch a silence from one of the big safari animals? ;)
Really enjoying the sounds from distant lands. Keep up the good work
love
Phil
Heh, funny you should ask that…
This link’s for you.
:)
xx