In 2025 I have visited four breeding sites where males were calling early in the year but there had been no signs of breeding later in the Spring. This was until yesterday when I stumbled upon a breeding pair. In this recording you can first hear begging calls of the female and later on what I gather is the female song (more the tone of a Wood Pigeon than in the male). 

Uppland. May 4, 2025.
Mixpre 3ii + Wildtronics stereoparabolic dish

Lapland Owl breeding in Uppland also this year!

A group of emus vocalising in the predawn darkness, with booming drumbeats from their throat pouches. A Warrumbungles woodland dawn chorus ensues gradually with many species including kookaburras, honeyeaters, magpies and more...

EmuDawn2

A very strange hydrophone recording in a dew pond near brighton. Thanks to Alice Eldridge for finding the place.

Dew Pond Near Brighton

Some incidental background information about the weather event recorded in this recording: https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/rare-tornado-warning-in-adelaide-as-storms-powerful-winds-slam-sa/1890841.

2025.08.29 Stormy Dawn Excerpt: Mid-Side with Omni Mid and additional gain on Side mic

2025.08.29 Stormy Dawn Excerpt: Omni pair in AB with 63 cm spacing

2025.08.29 A Stormy Night and Dawn. Late Winter.

2025.08.29 Stormy Dawn Excerpt: Mid-Side with Omni Mid

Begone

Frogs in a creek at night: Common Eastern Froglet (Crinia signifera).

2025.08.09 Night Creek Excerpt 1 (Frogs) Omni Mid-Side and Omni AB 63 cm

Note that this is a typical example of a koala's growling being triggered as a response to the distant sound of a vehicle engine (in this instance, probably a light aircraft).

2025.08.09 Night Creek Excerpt 2 (Koala) Omni Mid-Side and Omni AB 63 cm

Field sound recordist and archivist of vanishing sounds in natural Iandscapes. Highly commended in the Sound of the Year Awards 2024 - Best Natural Sound.

Lapland Owl breeding in Uppland also this year!

Bo Söderström

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