Morning rainforest sounds, about a month before the wet season was due to arrive, at Lacey Creek near Mission Beach, far north Queensland

Rainforest sounds near Mission Beach, Queensland

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

NOTE: This is a binaural soundscape ... please listen using headphones! Otherwise, you may not appreciate the magic.

I always strive to keep my ears well-tuned, in order to perceive uplifting soundscapes that might easily escape notice, but sometimes I am not quite up to the task. Such was the case in late July of 2018.

I met up with two recording friends at one of my favorite wild areas … Shindagin Hollow in upstate New York, near where I live. We were very glad to see one another and immediately began chatting about this and that as we hooked up our recording equipment (they with parabolic reflectors and me with my binaural soundscape microphone). Then we dispersed, heading into the forest in different directions, each hoping to capture something of value.

It was then that I paused for a moment just to take in the scene … a foggy misty morning following a rainy night … the deep forest of hemlocks and hardwoods … drip from leaves in all directions … and subtle bird songs. I took a long slow breath and began to amble down the trail. At that moment, a wood thrush caught my attention, singing in the distance though quite clear. I stopped and listened more attentively … another was sounding off from even farther away, and a very faint one as well, unless I was just imagining it. And did I just hear a hermit thrush, buried in the mix?

Oh my, I almost did not notice … there, right next to the road, a lone ground cricket trilling prominently from the gravel. How could I have missed such an obvious sound? And then I detected a barred owl, hooting way off in the distance. And a mourning dove, just audible, cooing softly time and again.

Suddenly, I shook myself awake, finally aware of the miracle before me! The magic I was hoping to find somewhere down the trail was actually right next to me, fully and elegantly expressed! I did not need to walk down the trail in search of anything because nature was already showering me with an exalted mix, an elixir so pure and powerful that it thrilled my entire being, but only after I became fully receptive to it. Had I kept walking, I would have missed it entirely. Thank you wood thrush for breaking the spell of my self absorption, for unplugging my ears and inviting me into the here and now!

So finally I jumped into action … I quickly set up my soundscape mic, hit record, and prayed that nothing would interrupt this amazing concert so freely given. How careful we must be to keep our minds calm and quiet and our senses free of interference, so that we do not miss the extraordinary beauty that nature showers upon us, sometimes subtly, and often when we least expect it to arrive.

© Lang Elliott, Music of Nature. All Rights Reserved.

Thrush Dripscape

The melodious song of a Blackcap is heard in a glade of Birch woodland in Sweden

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A Coqui chorus from Puerto Rico, recorded next to a small forest stream. Early am, 22 March 2013. El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico. An immersive binaural soundscape recording ... please listen using headphones.

NOTE: This is one of a series of recordings I made during the night of March 21-22, as I hiked up the south slopes of El Yunque National Forest in the dead of the night. At first I was overwhelmed by the choruses ... they were much too cacophonous to suit my fancy. But at higher altitudes in the wee hours of the morning, things settled down and I got some very nice mixtures of sounds ... magical and hypnotic soundscapes that soothed my mind and drew me effortlessly and completely into my natural surroundings, erasing any thoughts of the outside world.

Coqui Frogs — Forest Stream

The arrival of a thunderstorm at the edge of a meadow in upstate New York. A light rain falls and thunder rumbles as the storm moves by. Two Snowy Tree Crickets call from nearby shrubs, their repeated trills given in almost perfect unison. How relaxing, but beware … this soundscape may put you right to sleep.

Recorded binaurally at 11pm, 21 September, 2011. Connecticut Hill Wildlife Mangement Area near Ithaca, New York.

Thunder Crickets

Diese Frequenz wird regelrecht alles, was du über Meditation kennst, auf den Kopf stellen. Sie führt dich von 4 Hz in die tiefste 0.5 Hz-Ebene. Deine Seele wird sich unmittelbar nach dem Hören von der Materie trennen. Du wirst mit Training in die Mental-Ebene reisen. Diese Frequenz nutzt eine spezielle 3D - 360 Grad- Technologie, wobei du sehr stark dissoziiert wirst. Du wirst dabei dein gesamtes Körpergefühl verlieren und durch die Dissoziation keine Gedanken mehr haben. Dadurch erfüllst du die Grundvoraussetzungen, um dich von der Materie zu trennen. Wer einmal mit dieser Frequenz meditiert hat, wird nie wieder etwas anderes zum Meditieren nutzen. Zudem ist diese Frequenz Teil des Brain Gateway-Programms, welches dein Gehirn Schritt für Schritt auf die optimale Performance stimuliert und trainiert.

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Here is a lovely 6.5 minute soundscape that I just uncovered … two Wood Thrushes singing back-and-forth at dawn, recorded at Land Between the Lakes Kentucky way back in 1995, about the time I began gathering binaural soundscapes. I rather like it and think it’s a powerful reminder of things to come Yep, SPRING is just around the corner. Believe me!

It’s a busy dawn chorus for sure, but if played at a medium to low sound level, it’s fairly gentle on the ears. The recording also features the incessant singing of distant Whip-poor-wills, Barred Owls hooting, Mourning Doves cooing, a woodpecker drumming (probably a Hairy Woodpecker), and plenty more species for the discerning ear.

Wood Thrushes Countersinging

It was news that May was the warmest and driest May in the last fifty years in Estonia. And then after cloudless morning without warning, the little storm came out of nowhere. 24-bit, 48000 Hz, Tascam Dr-100 MK III, Azden mixer, primos.

Ambient Forest Sound with Slight Rain and Thunder. Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve. June 2, 2018

Winter Rain in Oak Forest. Recorded January 1, 2021 near Ithaca, New York. Featuring raindrops hitting surrounding snow, flattened leaves, and icy patches. © Lang Elliott, musicofnature.com

Winter Rain

Hi Friends! I am a professional nature recordist who travels to wild areas throughout North America and sometimes beyond. My current focus is to gather  immersive binaural 3D soundscapes that effortlessly transport listeners (using headphones) into nature and have a positive and healing effect on the mind, body and spirit.

Coqui Frogs — Forest Stream

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