Quarantine Birdsong

Quarantine Birdsong Recordings by Tsering Frykman-Glen

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During lockdown, every day at around the same time, Tsering walked her dog to the same nearby patch of grass in an otherwise closed park. During these walks, she made recordings of the birds in the park (and other ambient sounds her phone picked up) for approximately 40 seconds and sent them to Alfred - sometimes with a photograph to capture something about that minor outing. While the park was closed to people, it was abundant with birds and they were louder than ever. These recordings and photos were taken between March 29th and June 19th 2020, while Barcelona is still in lockdown.

Recordings start with the most recent first, scroll to the bottom to start at the beginning with very first recording.

Between June 11th to June 27th, Tsering’s recordings were more sporadic. Some semblance of normality was returning to life and she wasn’t always able to go to the same patch of grass at around about the same time, sometimes she didn’t get to walk the dog at all.

The last recordings will be uploaded soon.

Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 76
11/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 75
10/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 73
09/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 73
08/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 72
07/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 71
06/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 70
05/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 69
04/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 68
03/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 67
02/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 66
01/06/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 65
31/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 64
30/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 63
29/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 62
28/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 61
27/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 60
26/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 59
25/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 58
24/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 57
23/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 56
22/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 55
21/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 54
20/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 53
19/05/20

Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 52, no bird recording

It was my birthday, I had a drink on my terrace with with a friend in real life and a few others on video chat. I didn’t leave the flat, my kids walked the dog. No bird recording today.

Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 51
17/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 50
16/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 49
15/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 48
14/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 47
13/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 46
12/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 45
11/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 44
10/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 43
09/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 42
08/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 41
07/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 40
06/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 39
05/05/20

Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 38, no recording.

We are now allowed out to exercise - once a day for an hour, no further than a 1 kilometre radius. I am coinciding walking my kids with walking my dog. Today I forgot my phone, which meant I couldn’t record the birds.

However, after the walk a bird came to visit us! It flew into the flat! Thankfully it didn’t get trapped and quickly flew out again. I just managed to snap this blurry photo before it did.

Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 37
03/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 36
02/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 35
01/05/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 34
30/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 33
29/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 32
28/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 31
27/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 30
26/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 29
25/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 28
24/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 27
23/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 26
22/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 25
21/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 24
20/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 23
19/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 22
18/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 21
17/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 20
16/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 19
15/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 18
14/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 17
13/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 16
13/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 15
12/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 14
11/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 13
10/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 12
09/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 11
08/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 10
07/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 9
06/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 8
05/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 7
04/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 6
03/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 5
02/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 4
01/04/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 3
31/03/20
Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 2
30/03/20

I started doing these recordings because I needed something to focus on, something to do when I was going for a walk. I had noticed how loud the birds had become when I was walking my dog and Alfred and I had been talking about birds again, it seemed like both the ideal distraction and an interesting addition to the project.

Quarantine Birdsong Recordings Day 1
29/03/20

Every day I walk my dog and at first I enjoyed being outside but in the second week of lockdown I started to find it difficult and troubling to be outside. During this time I would see a lot of ambulances and a lot of police. My walk takes me past the local medical centre, it’s hard to enjoy being outside when it is so confronting and dystopian.