Name: Amazon Rainforest - Dawn Canoe Ride by George Vlad in Amazon rainforest
Duration: 10 min 6 s
Description: Canoeing at dawn on a calm tributary in the Amazon rainforest. Longer version available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JmJyOx4YAk

A collection of soundscapes I recorded in the Amazon rainforest in March/April 2019. Read about the expedition on my blog: https://mindful-audio.com/blog/sound-recording-amazon-rainforest-expedition

Amazon rainforest

Dawn and dusk in the Amazon rainforest are particularly lush when it comes to biophony, especially by a slow flowing river. The stark contrast between the beauty of birdsong and the shrill urgency of insect calls is never as evident. Long version at https://youtu.be/Rq6eMZyVFtk

Dusk By The River In The Amazon Rainforest

The symphony of wildlife in the rainforest is more minimalistic but piercing and almost electronic. It takes a while to get accustomed to being surrounded by these sounds, but once you do it's like they've always been there. Long version at https://youtu.be/TiMJASuJmFg

Dark Night In The Amazon Rainforest

A thunderstorm of epic proportions on the horizon in the Amazon rainforest. Long version at https://youtu.be/R8lLynze4Oo

Massive thunderstorm approaching in the Amazon rainforest

As dusk falls in the Amazon rainforest, the sounds of the jungle change dramatically. Long version at https://youtu.be/Yfm_Vkv0C9o

Dusk in the Amazon rainforest

The jungles of the Amazon are calm and still on a hot afternoon. There's a piercing insect chorus - frogs call occasionally - every now and then a bird chirps half-heartedly. Long version at https://youtu.be/l-v3GNgPR78

Lazy afternoon in the Amazon rainforest

The wolf pack you hear on the files are recorded in Sweden last summer. More specific in Bergslagen. An area with wonderful nature, forests and wilderness.

A quiet summer night, light fog over the moors in the forests you can hear this wonderful concerts. But you need to know where In Sweden, there are only around 35 wolf packs.

This pack consists of the alpha male and the female, three youngsters from last year and five puppies from this year.

On this first file, in a series, are the three youngsters from last year on their own. The distance between me and the wolf pack is around 175 yards / 160 meters. Between us is a moor with light fog. It is a wonderful nordic summer night with no wind.

This is one of my first recordings with a Telinga PRO-8 MK2 stereo parabolic dish connected to a ZOOM recorder. 
Recordings have some post production. 

The howling wolf in the picture is the alpha female of the pack.

Please contact me for more info: http://www.bentmar.com/
Copyright Mats Bentmar.
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Wolf Pack Youngsters recorded by Mats Bentmar using a Telinga PRO-8 MK2 dish (stereo)

8 April 2018

A long, cold and snowy winter is finally coming to an end. Just after dawn during a nocturnal unattended sound recording in an old forest. Black grouse is on the leks, and the voices of overflying Whooper swans can be heard. Chaffinches are migrating, and the local Willow tits have begun singing. Black and Great Spotted woodpeckers are drumming, but Ravens steal she show acoustically. Feels good to be alive.

Umeå commune, Västerbotten County (63.56 N, 20.20 E)

SD MixPre-3 with stereo-matched Sennheiser MKH8020s attached to a tree trunk. Amplified 6 dB, 100 Hz low cut filter in post.

Into the old-growth forest – spring advancing, woodpeckers and Raven come alive

Typical afternoon ambience at a ravine in the Amazon rainforest. Thick insect chorus and noisy parrot calls are punctuated by the unmistakable call of one of the Oropendolas. More sounds and stories at https://mindful-audio.com

Amazon Rainforest - Ravine - Afternoon - Thick Ambience With Oropendola

Early at dawn, deep in the Harenna Forest. Colobus monkeys wake up and utter their terrifying territorial calls with a lush insect chorus background punctuated by frogs.

More recordings will soon be added to African Cloud Forest, a library of sound effects recorded in the Harenna Forest over two years. Check it out at https://mindful-audio.com/african-cloud-forest/

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Harenna Forest - Dawn - Colobus Monkeys And Frogs

Canoeing at dawn on a calm tributary in the Amazon rainforest. Longer version available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JmJyOx4YAk

Amazon Rainforest - Dawn Canoe Ride

A myriad cicadas start calling as soon as the afternoon light begins to fade in Tawau Hills NP, Borneo. Recorded with Zoom F6 and Lom MikroUsi Pro mics. Listen to more recordings I made in Borneo at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCRlYmmK1sqrM_BB3xp6quofSq7fYdEPA

Intense Dusk Chorus In The Borneo Rainforest

Crispy morning dawn. Cuckoo and black grouse are in the beginning of their concert and at the same time Boreal owl is about to finish his nightly performance.

Crispy May Morning

Levé du jour dans la campagne bourguignonne. Un rossignol finit sa nuit musicale avec comme accompagnateur l'ensemble du chœur des oiseaux qui saluent le levé du soleil. Les cloches du village voisin retentissent et au loin quelques aboiements de chevreuils qui regagnent le couvert du sous-bois.

Zoom F4 et couple de Sennheiser MKH-40

Rossignol et choeur de l'aube

Sonic spooky beauty at the midst of night at the bank of the Black River.

Deep in the night, at the banks of the black river

This recording was captured right in front of my tent at a little after 5am on the side of the Chattooga River. The section I was camping near was very calm and saw many people fishing and tubing on the river each day. Luckily traffic was minimal this morning and I was able to record some pristine nature sounds!

Recorded with a Sony D100 on a tripod, sensitivity 10. 

Please visit my website for more information about me and my mission: www.acousticnature.com

Thank you for reading and listening ☺

The Break of Dawn Chorus (Sony D100)

It's early morning at a dry riverbed in the Borneo rainforest. Gentle fog drip creates a subtle drawn-out rhythm while the calls of insects provide a monotonous backdrop. Long version at https://youtu.be/tfP38CFtGOk

Calm morning at riverbed in borneo

Award winning sound recordist, audio director and expedition leader - Dune: Part Two | Mufasa: The Lion King | Horizon Forbidden West | Wordscapes

Amazon Rainforest - Dawn Canoe Ride

George Vlad

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