“And this is..?”

“It’s a snow owl.” You want to continue reading but he interrupts you: “It's a description of what the recordist has seen and a description of the behavior of the animal while vocalizing.” He has a thick German accent but you don't correct him.

“When doing field recordings, the typical situation is: when recording a bird you can not see the bird. You only have the information about the location, the date, the time and the.. as good as you can, the information of the distance. It's important to know if it's a sound recorded from a large distance, or close by.”