Summary: <p><img src="http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E148/MicrophoneinField.jpg" alt="[A microphone in the field.]" width="320" height="314" hspace="8" align="right"> This outings program is part one of a report on a trip to record nature sounds. You've got to be totally quiet; stand like a statue. And then, if you're in the right place at the right time, you'll capture your sound.</p> <p>Our assistant producer Kate Taylor reports on her visit to the annual field recording workshop of the <a href="http://www.natursounds.org/">Nature Sounds Society</a>. She tells her story with the help of:</p> <ul> <li>Dan Dugan, technical advisor to the <a href="http://www.naturesounds.org/">Nature Sounds Society</a>.</li> <li>Gina Farr, a multimedia producer from Marin Country, California.</li> <li>Hundreds of birds, amphibians, and a few domesticated mammals.</li> <li>Chris Bell, a museum curator from Sydney, Australia.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.naturesound.org/">Martyn Stewart</a>, a professional nature sounds recordist for the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/">BBC</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Next week, in <a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/2008/07/24#E148">part two</a>, we'll hear more nature sounds, and find out why it's important to our guests to record and preserve them.</p> <p>You can get tips from Dan Dugan on recording nature sounds by listening to our <a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/2007/06/14#E090">edition number 90, Listening to Parks</a>.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E147.mp3">Show number 147 [MP3 format; length 9:48; 2,356,947 bytes]</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E147.html">Show number 147 script</a></li> </ul><br clear="right"> For a complete audio archive, and to find out more, visit: www.wildebeat.net
