5 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Coot"

The sound of a coot, delta of llobregat. Recorded with a zoom h1 recorder.

The sound of a coot. Recorded with a zoom h1 recorder.

I went out to the lake to record some ducks. This day they weren’t squawking as much as i’d hoped, but the wind was calmer than it normally is, and the wind really is your biggest enemy when making outdoor recordings like these. But overall, the recording isn’t bad. The ducks are smallish black ones with white beaks called the american coot. Lots of tweeting birds in there too, especially the first half, and i think those are just the normal small sparrows that you see everywhere. Couple people chatting, but they’re way in the distance. A little bit of a plane or two overhead, but i think i edited most of that out. Nady stereo condenser microphonefocusrite saffire pro24 interfacelogic 8 on a macbook prolake murray in san diego.

A two minute clip of birds being fed and squabbling over the bread. Geese, seagulls, coots and ducks on the lake in st james park in london uk arguing over bread scraps being thrown by a londoner. Squawking, water sounds, calls from the birds, some conversation from the humans watching about 30 seconds in and well in the background. Zoom h2 with build in microphones and wind shield. Hand held.

A swamp in holland 4 pm in winter. Not many birds there cause of the calm winter. Just geese, coots, tits and at the end the call of a common buzzard. The wind is coming from the sw 2-3 bft and is audible sometimes for a few seconds. It's grey day. In front and right of the mic, on 1. 2 km, the hum highway and the city of 's-hertogenbosch. Left on 400 m a small local road. (see geotag). Http://static. Panoramio. Com/photos/medium/84458608. Jpgthe picture is made the day of the recording. Moerputten, near city 's-hertogenbosch (den bosch), holland, netherlands. January 8th 2013 4pm just before sunsetrode nt4 in blimp > sony pcm d50cloudy, 8c, wind sw 1-3 bft, mic pointed w. When you use this sound it would be nice if you spent a voluntarily donation to freesound. Remind that this is not a must. You are free to skip this request. Please credit/attribute me and freesound. Org if you use this sound. Please do it like this: sound from http://www. Freesound. Org/people/klankbeeld/do not use an indirect link. Http://www. Pledgie. Com/campaigns/14560. Png?skin_name=chrome.