Impressive Rooftop Spring Dawn Chorus - Alentejo

Cervus elaphus hispanicus refers to the red deer of Portugal and Spain. It's slightly smaller than those across the Pyrenees.
The rutting season (referred to as 'brama' in Portugal) starts mid-August and goes until the end of September. 
The recording was in an area in interior Alentejo where wild boars and white-tailed deer live in big numbers and all can be heard throughout this segment.

Red deer call in the valley

Red Deer call in the valley

Evening at Étang de Ravoir

Haunting Red Deer rutting in the forest of Orléans

Frogs in the first weeks of activity of the year. It was the warmest night so far, unusually high and although I went to the lake's edge, they were so loud that they could be heard from a long distance. This is also a place to see and hear herons and sometime storks, but this night it was all for the frogs.
I was testing out a Zoom F3 for the second time.

Frogs in the Countryside

Track 3 from my newest album 'Cliffs, Vultures & Cycles of Death'

Recorded in Spain, Portugal and France between 2022 and 2024

Tridimensional - Cliffs, Vultures & Cycles of Death

Skies

Midwife Toads Dusk Chorus

A Mirror Of Grey Herons

And The Earth Finally Took You Under

And the Earth Finally Took You Under

To those who took me to forests (and noticeably to Nils Frahm for making possible to crystallize those stories within).

Here in There

Sinister Night with Red Foxes, Eurasian eagle-owl and Cormorant.

Recorded in Alentejo in the Montado ecosystem.

Exuberant Winter Dawn Chorus by a Lake

A blind man enters one metro station in Lisbon with a can and a spoon, and his cane and starts making music while walking along the station. Glad I had the Zoom.

Blind Man Percussion at Metro Station in Lisbon

Recorded in June 2016 in a beautiful summer morning;

Black Bird (Turdus Merula) Alarm Call - Stockholm

Beginning of spring, an iron cage with a mix of seeds attracts several birds into it. Two omni-directional microphones tied around the tree trunk capture the incredible wing movement so close that in person it might be nearly impossible to experience.

incredibly close: a bird feeder in the swedish forest - quasi-binaural

Purchase and download the full album and support my work at https://melissapons.bandcamp.com/album/swedish-forest-textures

Swedish Forest Textures

a lake like a mirror, part III

Swedish Forest Textures - multiple textures

Swedish Forest Textures - spring songs

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Swedish Forest Recordings

Swedish Forest Textures - awakening

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Swedish Forest textures - transition

Bio Exit

Bio Ext

Here is the preview of my latest 12-track album with field recordings of the Iberian Wolf and their surroundings in Picão, Portugal.
You can listen to the full tracks here: https://melissapons.bandcamp.com/album/wolf-soundscapes

If you'd like to purchase, 50% of the profit will go towards Grupo Lobo, a NGO that focuses on rehabilitating wolves that cannot go back to the wild.

I hope you enjoy this album!

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Wolf Soundscapes 12 Bolota

Wolf Soundscapes 07 Malcata

Wolf Soundscapes 06 Gerês

Wolf Soundscapes 05 Nave

Wolf Soundscapes 04 Lobito

Wolf Soundscapes 03 Arga

Wolf Soundscapes 01 Minho

Preview of my latest abum - Mata Atlântica.
After four long years in the drawer, I've been selecting, editing and mixing form several dozens of hours of recordings collected.

Please head over to my bandcamp (website on the right on my profile) to listen and get the full album.

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