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Three rare species of bat identified at Western Massachusetts pond

Mike Bullock

Nov 11
1 min

Three rare species of bat identified at Western Massachusetts pond

In July, I participated in a bat survey at an isolated pond in the Connecticut River Valley. Biologist and Mass Audubon educator Erin...

Mike Bullock

Sep 2
1 min

Duxbury Beach revisited, August 2022

It's been several years since I last recorded at Duxbury Beach, and those recordings ended up as central elements in two compositions:...

Sound as ephemeral civil engineering: Rhode Island Pride 2022's ocean of compassion

Mike Bullock

Aug 25
1 min

Sound as ephemeral civil engineering: Rhode Island Pride 2022's ocean of compassion

On 18 June 2022 I marched in the Rhode Island Pride Parade as part of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. I originally went with...

Mike Bullock

Jul 30
1 min

WSRS Field Recording Competition 2021

The Wildlife Sound Recording Society held its annual general meeting recently, during which the results of their Field Recording...

Mike Bullock

Jul 22
2 min

"A" Trio & Mike Bullock live at Goethe-Institut Boston: video watch party, Friday 22 July

Watch the online premiere of video of "A" Trio / Mike Bullock (solo) Recorded live at the Goethe-Institut Boston, May 15, 2022 8pm – Mike...

Mike Bullock

Sep 16, 2021
1 min

Sea Birds, Duxbury Bay

Cormorants, gulls, and terns on an oyster farm. Recorded with a Telinga Universal MK3 Parabola.

Mike Bullock

Jul 3, 2021
1 min

Homemade Jecklin disk

A few weeks ago I built a Jecklin disk with the help of my father. We always enjoy building things together, but hadn’t had a chance to...

Mike Bullock

Apr 28, 2021
2 min

REVEIL 2021: Listening to Bats, 1-2 May

A Little Brown Bat at Arcadia, in a binaural decode from an ambisonic recording. A Big Brown Bat, recorded in my back yard using an A/B...

Wood Frogs in a vernal pool at Audubon Arcadia, Easthampton MA

Mike Bullock

Mar 24, 2021
1 min

Wood Frogs in a vernal pool at Audubon Arcadia, Easthampton MA

Wood frogs in a vernal pool Wood frogs are starting to wake up and call to each other in vernal pools around here. I visited a large pool...

Window pass-through for microphone cables

Mike Bullock

Mar 19, 2021
1 min

Window pass-through for microphone cables

I cut down a pool noodle (a long foam floatation toy for swimming pools) to serve as a window pass-through for the birdfeeder...

Eponymous microphones, part 1 / Chewtoy windscreens, part 3

Mike Bullock

Mar 12, 2021
1 min

Eponymous microphones, part 1 / Chewtoy windscreens, part 3

We get a lot of birds at our Ears In Space HQ birdfeeders starting in the late winter: black capped chickadee (the state bird), tufted...

Mike Bullock

Mar 3, 2021
1 min

Maple sap sounds on our live stream

EDIT 3/17/21: It’s been cold again here and the sap has temporarily slowed/stopped. Also, we’ve been noticing more bird activity in the...

Mike Bullock

Feb 27, 2021
1 min

Lyman Loop, Westhampton MA

Ambisonic recording decoded to Blumlein stereo A windy day in the Lynes Woods Wildlife Sanctuary, on the Lyman loop. Nearly still under...

Mike Bullock

Feb 24, 2021
1 min

Chew toy windscreens, pt. 2

Artist and fellow ear-in-space Linda Aubry designed and made this faux-fur windscreen for my rubber chew toy basket described in part 1....

Mike Bullock

Feb 18, 2021
2 min

Chew toy windscreens, pt. 1

The best way to keep wind noise from overwhelming your recordings is to keep a bubble of empty space between the inside of your wind...

Mike Bullock

Feb 18, 2021
1 min

“Stereo” contact microphone

A two-channel “stereo” contact mic, based on a design by Boston-area sound artist Michael Rosenstein. Made by modifying a 1/8″ stereo...

Mike Bullock

Feb 11, 2021
1 min

Ultrasonisphere

Ultrasonisphere is the first piece conceived for the Ears In Space wave field synthesis array. It is composed primarily of the ultrasonic...

Listen to our live outdoor stream on Locus Sonus

Mike Bullock

Feb 10, 2021
1 min

Listen to our live outdoor stream on Locus Sonus

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