THE BLACKBIRD & YOUNG

Male & Female Blackbirds feeding young

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Pets & Animals

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• wildlife
• nature
• blackbird
• bird
• thrush
• nest
• young
• chicks
• feeding
• worms
• ivy
• nesting
• canon
• HD
• 720
• adult
• thrushes

[calimeero]

nice video. which type of camera did you use richard?

[richardclaxtoncni]

Thank you, I use a Canon XHA1

[StarPir1315]

Good video. I felt I was sitting there with the birds.

[richardclaxtoncni]

Thank you I Love nest photography

Best wishes Richard

[RoniDream]

what's that white stuff?

[richardclaxtoncni]

The white stuff is the young birds droppings,

[richardclaxtoncni]

Great tip thanks, we have pound shops similar thing, time to start shopping, as far as I am concerned the cheeper the better I have some mics off of disfunctional cameras. I know the feeling about the rain same here,

[floydstinkyboy]

>>>edit it onto the video later

i use a freeware program call audacity (d0t c0m) for this editing. works really well. it allows you to amp the sound, and remove ambient noise.

[floydstinkyboy]

hey, I went looking around. what i found is what they they call "shotgun" microphone (also called parabolic). here is a pretty neat video on how to make one at home from stuff you get at the dollar store and an old telephone headset.

watch?v=BvP0OlfXaSU

he tests on a bird next it sounds pretty neat.

if i see something better i will send it to you.

where i am it rains all the time, so i need something either waterproof, or very very cheap.

[richardclaxtoncni]

the only thing I can suggest is using a computer type microphone next to or fixed right agianst the nest, I am going this approach this season. another option maybe is leave the recorder within 12 inches to record the sound and edit it onto the video later, I need something like this myself.