Recording in the New Year’s Day morning became my every year ritual. It’s the quietest day in the whole year. It could be called The Sound Recordist Day. It’s not easy to wake up early this day, but always when I go outside and hear how quiet it is, I know it will pay off.
Last years I was focusing on recording atmospheres of the empty city. Yesterday I have seen large flock of pigeons on a square in my city. They used to be fed there and drink water from the fountain. It sounded amazing even from the distance, I thought they will probably be there today too. I knew I have to record it.
I took a pack of sunflower seeds to feed them. When I arrived to the square and took it out, cloud of pigeons surrounded me. I recorded this great, close perspective flutter when they landed:
They were so used to the sounds and gestures of taking out the food, that they reacted even when I run out of sunflower and pretended that I’m pouring the seeds.
After some time they get bored, then I recorded take offs:
Pigeons fully deserved their payment.
Later, I moved to the park where I wished to record rooks and water birds close to the pond.
There were no rooks today, but I managed to record ducks:
And their nice take offs from the pond:
Getting up after just three hours of sleep today definitely paid off.
