DSatz, I must thank you yet again for such an informative post. Your response supported my suspicions, that the CUT 60 won't do what I need it to, that wind needs to be dealt with at the source. I have some nice Cinela Leo ball windscreens, but think that the MK 8 will need a basket. For my intended setup, that would mean two full baskets and that's too much bulk for me.
Gutbucket, yes it is an odd technique and was initially used by Tony Faulkner to control reflections in a narrow hall. One added benefit, and this is what interests me in the technique, is the so-called "reach" inherent in a Fig. 8. While I typically record omni AB outside, I am sometimes unable to place microphones where I'd like: say, in the middle of a stream or pond or halfway up a tree. Additionally, the excellent off axis response of the MK 8 and its null allows for some advantages, especially when dealing with traffic noise. That takes me to the low frequency response of the MK 8. Yes, it starts to dip around 200Hz, but that's ok for me when I'm outside, and the MK 8 covers the frequencies I'm after, from bullfrogs to oak toads. Lastly, and this is especially compelling for my purposes, the array provides stereo information that is both time and amplitude dependent.
I did have a chance to try this outside. When I was able to get ahead of the wind problem, that is, in the evening, when things began to relax, I found the results very nice.
Apparently the Sennheiser MKH 30 is less prone to wind noise, so I may look into that.
I will try the track down both and compare the results. The problem is that it seems as though no one rents Fig. 8 mikes.