The last few weeks have been busy. Not in the least with preparations for a little vacation. Two years ago, we spent a week in the Dominican Republic. While some people will balk at the idea of “all-inclusive”, it’s hard to beat in terms of rest and recuperation.

So while I was there, I obviously wanted to record the ambience in the early morning. Even at 6 AM, there were already a lot of people about.

A few years ago, I recorded some wildlife in Birds Hill Park, close to Winnipeg, MB. During that day, I was surprised by the frogs that were singing their cold hearts out. So I decided to come back in the early morning in order to avoid the inevitable traffic.

This track contains most of the Bullfrogs, along with some Canada Geese, always fighting for prominence in either pictures, in parks or in sound recordings.

A while ago I bought a small contact mic from Amazon. Some YouTube channels seemed to like these things a lot, even more because the mic was capable of great sound with a small investment.

So I went ahead and spent the whopping $12.88, plus taxes, of course.

Irredeemable, irresponsible, boneheaded. I was told those things when I showed my drowned Zoom F3. While I had everything to protect it from the disaster in waiting, the setup phase was what brought me down.

It turns out that one out of 27 waves is a “big one”. I started setting up my gear at wave 24. I guess you can see the following minutes in your mind.