Pigeons nesting beneath a bridge. Cooing and the squabs baby pigeons) squeaks can be heard. Some traffic in the background and at one point a local pub emptys its glass bin.
And lift off! i made a recording by fluttering a golden spatula from near to far (take off). I managed to get this effect by wiggeling the spatula between my thumb and index finger. This was recorded at open window institute's (gauteng, south africa) sound booth.
Flapping of bird's wings. Sound effect created using umbrella. Thanks to epicsound. Com for the idea. A zoom h2n handy recorder was used to capture the sound and basic editing was completed in garageband.
Birds in a cage flying about. Not the cleanest recording, but probably still pretty useful for some people. Recorded with a tascam dr-05 linear pcm recorder. Cc0, so no hassle with giving credit.
Simulated wing flaps of a bird or other creature created by waving a heavy bath towel and then speeding it up and adding a bit of eq. Recorded with a sterling audio st51 condenser mic. This is a duplicate of http://www. Freesound. Org/samplesviewsingle. Php?id=71417 which may cause issues because of a missing wav header in the original.