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Motmot bird inside a cenote in Yucatan

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felix.blume

August 2nd, 2012

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Sound effects > Animals
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Mexico (out of the city)

The motmot bird (pajaro reloj) is the guardian of the cenote (kind of deep natural pit or sinkhole).
Recorded inside the Cho Ha Cenote (close to Coba ruins).

Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps Microphone CCM41+CCM8
Sound Devices 744T recorder
MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right
sound reference: @MEX120716T04
recorded in july 2012

same sound on soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/felixblume/cenote

more sounds on http://www.felixblume.com

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Wave (.wav)

Duration

2:00.061

File size

33.0 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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okme2

8 years, 2 months ago

Outstanding recording. I can hear the space. Thank you.

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kingsree

11 years, 10 months ago

As always, an outstanding recording. Thank you!

scratchweasel

13 years ago

This is amazing, thank you very much.

Philip_Goddard

13 years ago

An unusual and beautiful recording. Definitely for adding to my accumulation of CD compilations of natural ambient sounds for playing (rather than incessant music) for tinnitus reduction and general well-being. Thank you, Felix.

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