1st night, with a pied butcherbird roosting close by

2nd night, and the butcherbirds are roosting further up the gorge

magical! the song of this bird is so melancholic and dreamy...

I may now sleep because of this... its amazing 

A spring dawn chorus by a small dam, encircled by native woodland in central Victoria, Australia. Despite this being an abandoned mining site from 150+ years ago, now regrown, the biodiversity was outstanding, representing the range of birdlife species found in these forests. 

A Black Duck circled overhead for a few minutes at the beginning, followed by Eastern Yellow Robins heralding the dawn chorus. Among the variety of birdsong audible are Brown Goshawks and Painted Button Quail.

Dawn Chorus at Skenes Gully

2021-09-25 Skenes Gully Dawn Chorus

Meditative, hypnotic, minimal jazz for relaxation and sleep.  Rest.  Calm.  Clarity.  Peace.

Enchanted Skies

Apple Music

Enchanted Skies | Meditative, Soothing, Soulful | Music for Peace & Relaxation

3 minute audio sample from the 188 minute nature soundscape recording; “ A Forest Trail to the Burmese Hills”. Listen to the complete recording:
http://www.listeningearth.com/play/album/106BurmeseHills.php
The forests of western Thailand are the meeting place of some of the world’s great bioregions, and home to a great diversity of unique flora and wildlife.

On the summit of one of these ranges, a forest trail threads its way into dense, tropical forest. In the predawn, a Collared Owlet is heard calling distantly against the background chiming of nocturnal crickets. In the darkness, giant beetles take flight, and their wingnoise is heard as they purr past nearby.

Soon, the sharp calls of a Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo herald the dawn chorus, as bulbuls, babblers, warblers and fruit pigeons begin waking. A red-cheeked squirrel scrambles up a tree trunk, giving incisive, spitting calls. With sunrise, light shafts through the humid air, and the songs of barbets, niltivas, pittas, scimitar babblers, laughing thrushes, pheasants, flycatchers, woodpeckers, sunbirds and mesias continue into the morning.

This recording will transport you to one of the most ecologically rich areas of the world. Imagine yourself listening among cool fernery, under a dense forest canopy, experiencing a morning alive with exotic birdsong.

A Forest Trail to the Burmese Hills

A Forest Trail to the Burmese Hills: Album Sample

3 minute audio sample from the 60 minute nature soundscape; "Northern Wetland" by Mark Brennan, available for download from www.listeningearth.com/LE/product.php?id=122

Dip your paddle into the purity of Canada's Boreal wetlands. Glide gently through bogs, fens and marshes, to find yourself immersed in the sonic richness of these extraordinary places.

We value water, but do we also give value to the incredible biological diversity of these places? These recordings, from the high tundra plateau of the Cape Breton Highlands, to the hidden wetlands of the Acadian forests of Canada's east coast, help us to appreciate the uniqueness of these ecosystems.

Listen, relax and become intimate with the wetlands of the north.

'Northern Wetland' by Mark Brennan - Album sample

In an old growth pine forest, just below the snowline, the voices of Chaffinches, Goldcrests, Blackbird and Song Thrush welcome the spring.

'Pine Wood' - album sample

The wetter region of far southwestern Australia is home to ancient, towering stands of Karri and Jarrah. These two eucalypt species have been highly prized for their timber, however significant relic forests remain in reserves. 

These forests flower in spring, producing an exuberance of nectar that attracts crazy flocks of lorikeets and numerous honeyeaters. Pumped up on sugar, they skitter around the canopy, calling extrovertly.

But among the partying, there is far more to hear: pardalottes pipe sweetly while gleaning among leaves, the cries of Black Cockatoos echo as they wing lazily between the trees, tiny thornbills and wrens twitter close by from the shrubby midstory, and flycatchers sing pleasantly between airborn forays in search of insects. 

This album comprises a single recording, taking you into the heart of these lofty forests on a sunlit, spring morning.

This is a 3 minute audio sample from the 78 minute nature sound album; "Karri and Jarrah - The Great Forests of Southwest Australia", available for download from http://www.listeningearth.com/LE/p-134

Karri and Jarrah, The Great Forests of Southwest Australia - Album Sample

Chill piano music for relaxation, meditation, and yoga.

Savasana Sessions

Ajna

Gentle ambient sounds with soothing, contemplative piano music.  This music was created to help work through difficult or challenging moments so you can be more balanced and in harmony with your relationships,  surroundings, and aspirations.  This music is ideal for visualizing, and can be useful in your meditation or yoga practice.  Overcome stressful thoughts and feelings of anxiety and heal through this meditative music. http://www.readsrecordings.com

The Pathfinder

The Pathfinder | Soft Piano, Contemplative Inner Journey | Meditation, Coaching Background Music

This album is our 100th Listening Earth album release, and to celebrate this milestone, we're returning to one of our most evocative nature recordings from the last 25 years.

In the small hours of the morning, a full moon illuminates a large waterhole at the entrance to Ormiston Gorge, in outback Australia. The landscape all around is epic and ancient; massive quartzite rock walls are silhouetted above sandy banks lined with pale-barked gum trees.

This permanent waterhole is a haven for wildlife, and here we listen into the night. A gentle breeze occasionally whispers through the leaves of the old ghost gums, while crickets chirrup from small reedbeds.

Subtle sounds come from all around, but the mesmerising focus is a Pied Butcherbird. It roosts unseen in a tree opposite, singing gracefully. 

The song of the Pied Butcherbird is renowned as being among the most musical in the avian world. But now, in the depths of the night, this bird is singing slowly, serenely, languidly, as though half asleep. And in this place, surrounded by an amphitheatre of rock, its voice echoes - one of nature's most sublime songs in a natural cathedral.

Listening Earth Album Sample

The Pied Butcherbirds of Ormiston Gorge

Pied Butcherbirds of Ormiston Gorge: Album Sample

3 minute audio sample from the 4 hour nature soundscape recording; “The Melodious Forest - Papua New Guinea's Uplands”. Listen to the complete recording:
http://www.listeningearth.com/play/album/102MelodiousForest.php

We call it birdsong, but only a few bird species have vocalisations that are truly melodic. 

The upland rainforests of Papua New Guinea are unusually rich in birds with melodic songs. These mid-altitude mountain forests ring with tuneful birdsong. 

Lesser Ground Robins are the most noticeable, singing loudly and sweetly with graceful, melodic phrases. Various other robin species each have their own simpler songs, some medium-pitched, and others so high as to sound thin and quite un-bird-like. Friendly Fantails (that is actually their species name) sing delicate, repeated, arpeggio patterns, while their cousin Black Fantails give boisterous cascades of notes. Whistlers, Pitohuis and Boatbills add to the layering of sounds. Meanwhile Spotted Jewel Babblers call from the forest floor, a steady chiming on a single note that acts like a tonal centre to the other species.

There are exceptions of course. Wahnes's Perotia creates textural contrast with loud and harsh screeches, while small groups of lorikeets skitter noisily among the treetops. Underpinning all these are fruit doves and pigeons with their lovely, booming calls.

So you can hear why I think of these as the melodious forests. 

This recording takes us to mountain rainforest approaching 2000 metres. This is well below the cloudforest, and many of the species here are unique to these mid-altitude forests. The album is one continuous, 4-hour recording, allowing us to hear the rich diversity of highland Papuan birdsong.

The Melodious Forest - Papua New Guinea's Uplands

The Melodious Forest: Album Sample

This is a live recording of John Beaulieu and Philippe Garnier playing their personal sets of Crystal Bowls at the SAGE concert held on March 2, 2013 in Woodstock NY at Woodstock Yoga. 

Crystal Bowl Concert Woodstock NY

Listening Earth offers an evocative range of natural listening experiences -  soundscapes recorded in wild locations around the world. 

Established 25 years ago by nature field recordist Andrew Skeoch and photographer Sarah Koschak, it is their passion to share the beautiful, unique and often fragile soundscapes of our living planet. 

"We hope listening will remind you of life in balance, and transport you to wild and often remote places."

Pied Butcherbirds of Ormiston Gorge: Album Sample

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