This is an edit of a 18 minute recording of the dawn chorus at made at the Spring Creek camp ground, in the Mount Samaria State Park. The morning was cold (approx. 0degC) and clear. Birds that can be heard in this recording include Superb Fairywren, Scrub Wren, Eastern Whipbird, Gang Gang Cockatoo and many more....

The recording was made with a pair of AT3032 mics, a diy stereo mic preamp and Sony Minidisc recorder.

After waking to find the power switch on the mic preamp had been bumped when loading into the car and I had to change batteries in freezing cold conditions I decided that a recorder with built-in xlr mic inputs and phantom power was the only sensible way to go....