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Very beautiful, Andrew! It takes me back there!

A pair of juvenile Long-Eared Owls calling out from the top of a tall pine tree along the Plateau De Montselgues in Ardeche. This was recorded at approximately 22h00 on a windy mid-May evening. 

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)
12.05.2021

Thanks to Grégory Chamming's & Olivier Pichard for help identifying the species.
Photo courtesy of Hedera Baltica (Creative Commons)

Juvenile Long-Eared Owls - Plateau De Montselgues, Ardeche, France

During a mid-March visit to Big Bend National Park in Texas, I recorded this immersive binaural soundscape at dawn in Santa Elena Canyon. It features wind blowing through a dense thicket of Carrizo Cane (an invasive species from Asia that is now common along the Rio Grande), which produces clicks and clatters as gusts pass through the stiff, bamboo-like reeds. Ravens nest in the canyon and croak repeatedly as they fly up and down the Rio Grande River, their calls echoing off the steep cliffs above. Such a pleasing, enveloping mix of the sounds of the wind, ravens and reeds!. Please wear headphones for optimal immersion!

Recorded by Lang Elliott on March 17, 2021 shortly before sunrise. © Lang Elliott, All Rights Reserved.

Wind, Ravens, Reeds

Exquisite dawn chorus featuring several Wood Thrushes sounding off at first light, with a gurgling brook nearby. Recorded at 5:15am, July 20, 2023 in Shindagin Hollow, near Brooktondale, New York. © Lang Elliott, musicofnature.com

Please listen with headphones!

Wood Thrushes Singing at Dawn with Stream Gurgle

Wood Thrushes Singing At Dawn with Stream Gurgle

Several Wood Thrushes sounding off at dusk with light rain falling. Recorded July 18, 2023 at 8:30pm. © Lang Elliott, musicofnature.com

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Wood Thrushes Singing at Dusk in Light Rain

Emajoe-Suursoo is a vast area of mires, waterways and small forested higher grounds in the middle of inaccessible wetlands in Estonia, a small country by the Baltic Sea.

This is the delta of the River Emajogi, its waters flowing to Lake Peipsi, bordering Russia. The whole area covers more than 200 square kilometres, being one of the largest wetlands in Estonia.

In spring it comes alive with all kind of creatures. Waterfields, reedbeds, swampy mires and forested bog-islands offer plenty of resources for many species. Human disturbance is very low, and it is a perfect place for eagles and other solitary animals.

3 minute audio sample from the 60 minute album, available for download from:
http://www.listeningearth.com/LE/p-130-sound-journey-to-emajoesuursoo-estonia

Sound Journey to Emajoe-Suursoo - Album Sample

Mountain Scops Owl, Barking Deer and various insects can be heard on the forest soundscape recorded in the evening on the slopes of Doi Inthanon in northern Thailand.

Evening in the Forest - Doi Inthanon

Evening in the Forest - Doi Inthanon NP, Thailand

In the hour before sunrise, the calls of Tawny Frogmouth and Southern Boobook can be heard, along with crickets and other insects. Willie Wagtails sing sweet short melodies and later in the track an Australian Owlet Nightjar occasionally ‘chirps’ .

This track is available on the album 'Mallee Dawn' https://wildambience.com/albums/mallee-dawn/

Early Morning Darkness in Wyperfeld National Park

Early Morning Darkness in Wyperfeld National Park, Victoria

Recorded in pinsapo (Spanish fir) forest in the Sierra de las Nieves National Park, near Ronda Spain.  The birdlife was particularly active this cool spring morning, with many species moving around close by the microphones. You can here some very light rain blow in during the second half of this sample.

Bird species recorded on this track include Tawny Owl, Eurasian Jay, Common Wood Pigeon, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Crested Tit, European Robin, Short-toed Treecreeper, Eurasian Siskin, Chaffinch, Hawfinch and  Red Crossbill.

Spring in the Andalucian Mountains

Spring in the Andalucian Mountains - Recorded near Ronda, Spain

Dawn Rainforest (Eastern Yellow Robin)

3 minute audio sample from the 75 minute nature sound album; "An African Night", available for download from http://www.listeningearth.com/LE/product.php?id=103

It is deep night in the East African bush. A full moon illuminates the savannah, silhouetting ancient baobab tress. 

The air is filled with a rich chorus of nocturnal insects. This choir of small critters create a gentle, pulsating chorus, each insect with its own voice; chiming, ticking, zizzing, humming…

Meanwhile bats flutter overhead, sometimes coming close and audibly echo-locating. Nightjars call mysteriously on the wing, and if you listen carefully, the deep rumbling vocalisations from a family of elephants grazing nearby can occasionally be heard.

This is an ambient and spacious recording, a hypnotic meditation from the African night. 

Andrew comments:

One of our colleagues said we'd love the insect choruses in Africa. He was right - they were rich and mesmerising. Some nights we'd just lie in camp and listen until we drifted off to sleep.

Often we'd leave our microphones out all night. This is one of the most rich and engaging insect choirs we recorded.

An African Night - Album Sample

An unedited sample recorded at dawn in cloud forest in Enga province, Papua New Guinea. This and other recordings from the PNG highlands will be featured in an upcoming album.

Dawn in the Papua New Guinea Highlands

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