It's such An amazing bird call don't think I heard anything like it.

Nature Recordings - Europe

Au premier plan, le régulier Blongios nain, et les grinantes Rousseroles turdoïdes. Au second plan : Loriot d'Europe, Huppe Fasciée, Rossignol Philomène (...?)

Lac du Salagou
Micro AT4041 ORTF et Mixpre-6

Blongios nain et rousseroles turdoïdes dans les roseaux du lac du Salagou

As the sunset in the old disused quarry, just outside Lérouville, most of the songbirds fell silent. But the Song Thrush perched just to the left of my microphones and continued singing for another 15 minutes. In the background we hear the melodic chorus of Common Midwife Toads that were located in the sandy hill just ahead of my mics. At around 3 minutes in, we also hear Parsley Frogs off in the distance.

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x MKH 8040s (ORTF)
Recorded on 05.06.2022

Song Thrush And Common Midwife Toads - Lorraine, France

For an abridged version: https://soundcloud.com/hearingbeings/20220702-still-night-in-a-pine-forest-winter-abridged-version

2022.07.02 Still Night In A Pine Forest. Winter. (Full Version)

Catching deer on field at all night recording. Eating, rubbing horns in tree....that was almost all night  happening.
Location : Slovenia primal forest

Longer recording available here:
 https://earth.fm/recordings/red-deer-on-the-field/?fbclid=IwAR1BJVMQonsDeTefUmqLjIQz5zXgKHng7qXlRFq8hGe74RDVSIFumX6VAac

deer at night rubbing its horns on open field- primal forest Slovenia

This recording has been made 35 meters underground in a lava cave in the Snæfellsjökull National Park (Iceland) on February 22nd, 2023.

Recorded with a Zoom F3 and a pair of Sennheiser MKH8020 in AB. Headphones recommended.

230222 · 1:30 pm · Water drops 35 meters underground in a lava cave

Enregistrement réalisé le 14 Avril 2023 sur le Chemin Ida à Saint-Damien

Équipement:
Parabole Telinga Universal MK2 avec DPA 2006C
Schoeps MK5
Sound Devices MixPre 10 II

Troglodyte Des Forêts

This recording captures a male Capercaillie lekking at dawn. We hear this majestic forest bird flying down from it's tree perch before displaying on a raised mound, flapping it's wings and producing fascinating popping and clicking vocalisations. It took three overnight drop rig recording sessions in this magical forest to locate and successfully record the lekking. 

Zoom F3 + Sennheiser MKH 8020s
15.04.2023

Photo courtesy of David Palmer (Creative Commons)

Western Capercaillie Lek - Öjesjöbrännan Ekopark, Västerfärnebo, Sweden

Collaborative work for the Disquiet Project:
https://disquiet.com/2023/05/11/disquiet-junto-project-0593-the-charm/

Track by Sonic Search: https://soundcloud.com/sonic-search/eden
Track by 4//lIGhT : https://soundcloud.com/forelight/unknown-quantities-with-sonic-search-disquiet0592

Merle Bardenoir, Sonic Search & Forelight - Unknown Eden [disquiet0593]

17 minutes of discussing the pnimiyus of the 3 weeks.
Based on the teachings of Rav Ruvain Sasson

Three Weeks of Longing and Learning (1) - Rav Shlomo Katz

The Red Deer Rut (Brame du Cerf) recorded in the heart of the  the Orleans Forest, the largest Forest in France. 

Zoom F3 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH8020s
23.09.2023

Red Deer Rut - Forêt d'Orleans, France

Recorded respectfully on the land of the Nuennone people.

The Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae victoriae) is not native to Tasmania: it was deliberately introduced there - by an ornithology group. Between 1934 and 1949, 22 Superb Lyrebirds were released at Mt Field National Park in the mid south and at Hastings in the far south. The Lyrebirds flourished, and continue to spread widely. Today, experts estimate that their population must be well over 10,000, if not even higher. The Superb Lyrebird has basically 'gone feral'.  And it's known to be having some negative impacts on forest ecosystems. However, one thing that I haven't yet seen discussed or studied is what negative acoustic-ecological impacts Lyrebirds might be having upon native and especially endemic Tasmanian bird species. Some forest soundscapes are being overwhelmed by multiple Lyrebirds, spread through the forest, simultaneously performing intricate, complex and well-projected mimicry for very long periods of time. Fascinating as this is, it's very hard to believe that the native and endemic bird species can communicate naturally and effectively, as they need to do, when such mayhem is going on.

2023.09.23 Superb Lyrebird Being Itself. Dawn. Huon Valley. Early Spring.

The echoes of Eurasian Cranes are bouncing from forest edges in countryside landscape of Rõuge parish, Estonia. It is a distant corner of southern Estonia with only a few farmhouses in sight.
The song of skylarks is filling early morning spring air, goldfinches and a northern wheatear are vocalising nearby, looking for a suitable nesting site next to a small country house and several old oak trees. Other birds in the recording: wood pigeons, eurasian cuckoo, willow warbler, crow.

Spring morning soundscape in southern Estonia countryside

I recently visited the Camargue region in southern France to record the mating calls of the greater flamingo.

This recording was taken with the group of flamingos approximately 5 to 10 metres away.

Recorded using a stereo pair of DPA 4060s into a Sound Devices 722.

Photo : Auriane Hunter

Flamingo Mating Calls (Close Perspective) - The Camargue, France

Piao de bique (passepied)

At 48 km2, the Lac du Der is the largest artificial lake in Europe. It was built in the 1974 regulate the river Marne and help protect Paris from flooding. 

Since its construction, the lake has become a paradise for birds and is a main stopping point for Common Cranes during their migration from north to south in late autumn and from south to north from mid winter. 

This recording features the Common Cranes as they take off into flight at sunrise, recorded in early January of 2021. Having rested overnight, the birds fly off in groups, with hundreds, sometimes thousands of individuals calling out. Their morning flight is usually to surrounding fields where they search for food, before continuing their migration.

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040 (ORTF)
10.01.2021

Photo Credit : BarbeeAnne (Creative Commons)

Common Cranes - Lac Du Der, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Sound recordist Colin Hunter 
Founder of the World Sounds project

Western Capercaillie Lek - Öjesjöbrännan Ekopark, Västerfärnebo, Sweden

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