For the past couple days, I have set a mic on a stand outside of the studio window to try and capture the cicadas in action. This clip captures the entire 'orchestra' of cicadas as they are fading out, but also highlights a couple 'soloists' in the trees closest to my yard.
Since the earth here had been farmland or had been repeatedly disturbed during the house contruction, there are only a few, if any, of the usual 'horde' that arrives in these parts. The sound of the cicadas en masse comes from about a quarter mile away or so, from the forested area surrounding a nearby lake/reservoir. The individuals are coming from the trees on the edge of my property, roughly 200 feet from the mikes.
Since the earth here had been farmland or had been repeatedly disturbed during the house contruction, there are only a few, if any, of the usual 'horde' that arrives in these parts. The sound of the cicadas en masse comes from about a quarter mile away or so, from the forested area surrounding a nearby lake/reservoir. The individuals are coming from the trees on the edge of my property, roughly 200 feet from the mikes.
Purty!
Date: 2004-05-18 03:53 pm (UTC)