Nature and wildlife sounds

Recorded in Saint-Paul's River National Park, Philippines
Feb 12th 2014
Zoom H2n, 150° mics mode ; edited with Audacity (fade in, fade out, one 0,1 sec handling removed)

Birds and cicadas singing in a mature forest on Palawan island

Focal species- Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) pair; background- Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus), White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar) and misc. birds and insects. 
Recorded with Canon L-1 Hi-8 video- digital audio (July 1991).


Sumatra, Indonesia - Gunung Leuser National Park

Recorded in October 1995 within the Gamba Reserve Complex, near the village of Sounga in Gabon, Central Africa. Recorded onto DAT with two Crown PZM mics placed ~35' apart (for playback in the western lowland gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo &amp; Botanical Garden). As my footsteps disappear into the forest, listen to the symphony of sound build, from just a few soloists to the entire orchestra. Also listen for the "whoosh- whoosh-whoosh-WHOOOOOOOOSH" of a pair of hornbills flying in.


Near Sounga Village- Gamba Reserve, Gabon, Central Africa- 1995 (long)

Life abounds in the exotic and beautiful rainforests of Sulawesi - one of the largest islands in the Indonesian archipeligo. Here time has stood still, revealing the evolution of nature through a unique diversity of birds and animals.

In humid lowlands we hear fruit pigeons, orioles, monarch flycatchers and a magnificent pair of hornills. Further inland, hill forests reach deep into the remote heart of the island. The booming calls of imperial pigeons carry across the valleys, squirrels call from high in the canopy and the eerie voices of piping crows echo through the forests.

We climb high into the mountains, the realm of the cloud forests. Flocks of birds move through the forest calling in the morning sunshine. Finally, night falls on a land where mystery and the unusual are everywhere - Sulawesi.

'Sulawesi - Heart of the Indonesian Rainforest'- album sample

Lyhyt näyte Ndutusta, Serengetistä helmikuulta 2010. Yöksi äänittämään jätetyt mikrofonit ovat tallentaneet muiden yön äänten lisäksi leopardin murinaa. Sama kissa kierteli myöhemmin yöllä nälkäisen oloisena telttani ympärillä, eikä pelottanut yhtään (koska nukuin)!
Short nightly soundscape from Ndutu, Serengeti (February 2010) including Leopard.
Gear: Olympus LS-10 & 2xTelinga EM23.    

Panthera pardus_100225 at Ndutu, Serengeti, Tanzania

Fieldrecording: Where the jungle meets the sea: monkeys, birds, waves at the tip of western Java.
Recorded by Pepetzintle 2010.

Fieldrecording: Where the jungle meets the sea: monkeys, birds, waves at the tip of western Java

Kubah's forests are pulsing with life, and the soundscapes that can be heard in this national Park are among the most incredible I have ever experienced. This recording features the incredibly powerful sounds of Empress cicadas, along with the melodic song of the White-rumped Shama, and the rhythmic ' te-hoop 'calls of Golden-whiskered Barbets.

This sample is an excerpt of the track "Dusk Rhythms" from the album Rhythm of Kubah - https://wildambience.com/albums/rhythm-of-kubah/

Dusk - Empress Cicadas & White-rumped Shama

Dusk - Empress Cicadas & White-rumped Shama - Recorded in Borneo's rainforest

Here's another recording from Kubah National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. The only editing to this is a slight adjustment to equalisation.

Download the full 15 minute version https://wildambience.com/albums/dusk-by-the-frog-pond

Dusk by the Frog Pond

Dusk by the Frog Pond - Borneo

"Ноты — это лишь искусство записывать идеи, главное — это иметь их."
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There in the project I am just listener and commentateur.

My name is Stan Rullman and I serve as the Director of Research for Earthwatch Institute. I have been involved in recording the sounds of the natural world for over 30 years, and more recently became interested in the analysis of soundscapes and using audio as a tool for assessing species presence on the landscape. In 2019, I participated in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Sound Analysis Workshop, and highly recommend that program for those interested in a more scientific approach to sound analysis.

Sumatra, Indonesia - Gunung Leuser National Park

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