Laughing Dove At Keoladeo National Park, October 2014

The laughing dove is plentiful in Rajasthan. Wherever you go you see them. They look very pretty. They are not quiet at all and it is very easy to record their vocalisation. I recorded this particular bird in the morning of October 2, 2014 at Keoladeo National Park with my Marantz PMD 661 Mk II and Sennheiser K6/ME66. There was some wind and the noise is audible as I was using only the foam cover as windscreen.

The accompanying image of the bird was shot during our previous Rajasthan trip in 2011.

Sarus Cranes @ Keoladeo National Park

In September-October of 2014 I had gone to North India and among other places visited Keoladeo National Park. Here I got lucky with the mating calls of a pair of Sarus Cranes - the star attraction of the park. The first time when I heard this call I got a start, because I couldn't see the birds and was certainly not prepared for the sound. After that I took out my recorder and waited ready for it. After about six minutes they suddenly called out. It was really worth the wait. The time shown in Xeno-Canto is wrong. It was recorded in the late afternoon at around 4.30 pm on 2nd October, 2014.

The recording turned out to  be very clean, clear and crisp. I didn't do any editing whatsoever. Not even volume push up. This is the first time I used the new Marantz PMD 661 Mk II with the Sennheiser K6/ME66. It's a fantastic combination.