Name: With The Cranes In The Karoo by Derek Solomon
Duration: 4 min 3 s
Description: A 4 minute sample of our With the Cranes in the Karoo soundscape. It is dawn in the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve and a wonderful array of birds are calling from the edge of the dam and surrounding grasslands: Blue Crane, South African Shelduck, Egyptian Geese, Blue Korhaan and the brilliantly coloured Bokmakierie (plus a flock of Merino sheep!).

A 4 minute sample of our With the Cranes in the Karoo soundscape. It is dawn in the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve and a wonderful array of birds are calling from the edge of the dam and surrounding grasslands: Blue Crane, South African Shelduck, Egyptian Geese, Blue Korhaan and the brilliantly coloured Bokmakierie (plus a flock of Merino sheep!).

With The Cranes In The Karoo

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With The Cranes In The Karoo

Derek Solomon

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