Two different bioacoustic perspectives are shared in this post. The first is a short audio clip of bees buzzing around springtime Ilex opaca holly flowers captured with omni stereo microphones, or what us humans might hear if we stood close enough and still enough.
The second video is made using a set of piezo microphones attached directly to the American holly flowers so as to capture the vibrations experienced by the native plant when bees fly into their open blooms, roughly foraging for nectar and pollen.
The piezo microphones in the second video are constructed with alligator clips fastened directly to the piezo disk. This contact microphone arrangement allows for us to experience the vibrations flowing through the flowers into the plant stems. These vibrations are more consistent with what the holly is experiencing than the first video shared above where soundwaves travelling through the are are captured by the recorder. I always find it interesting to put myself in the place of the native plants with respect to life experiences.
Learning to examine nature from perspectives other than those normal avenues I am used to has helped me see a much more encompassing and larger picture of the world we live in. This in turn keeps my mind 'flexible' and open to learning.
Field recording too helps heal my constant health challenges including PTSD and stress. Field recording gets me out in nature where I breath in fresh air, get exercise and absorb vitamin D.
Both of these recordings were made with a Sony PCM. The microphones were a pair of DIY piezo disks and then a set of Clippy 272s. Windshields were not used on the piezos but were used on the Clippys.
It is always good to examine even the most routine of life events from other's perspectives. Finally, nature art is amazing.
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