Deep listening with good quality headphones in a quiet environment, with volume between about 55 to 65%, is highly recommended. Please enter with a quiet mind, and enjoy.

Recorded on land of the Kaurna people that is now a Conservation Park.

2021.09.05 A Dawn Touched with Early Spring.

'The Keeper' day 2. The second field recording documenting the sounds of Coolum Beach on Kabi Kabi country. This mornings recording starts with honeyeaters and a startled Willy Wagtail couple warning call as I was directly under their nesting tree. From there a wander to different locations in the park to record the various species. Some waterbirds chime in and in the middle a King Parrot arrives as the Black Cockatoos fly nearby. There are so many species in this recording that'll leave it to the twitchers to name them all. A beautiful morning out amongst the waterways on the plains that are now an industrial estate. You'll hear a few loud motorbikes and vehicles on the motorway which is within earshot at times. That's life living amongst human infrastructure.
These field recordings are part of my time in the role of 'The Keeper'. The observer, the explorer, the maker. The Keeper is a live public art project featuring artists from Coolum Beach, Australia. Find out more at: www.keeperproject.com.au

Quanda Rd. Wetlands Dawn Chorus

This recording from Day 3 of The Keeper Project features Butcher Birds and Friar Birds singing with their echoes reflected off the tall concrete walls of the Eco Industrial Estate. There are no additional audio effects added to this recording. The melodies are different to the Butcher Birds around our place and I'm interested in capturing more clan groups and their differing melodies.

Echoes at Dawn

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

Early morning at a turkey roost in a large cottonwood, near the mouth of Aravaipa Canyon, Arizona.  Several of the turkeys have already left the roost, this recording includes the descent of most of the rest, along with other birds singing their dawn songs.  Recorded on May 2, 2021.

Turkey Roost

A field recording of the dawn chorus in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Great for meditation.

Theraphonia Soundprint Archives Vol. 1

Theraphonia - A Morning in Wolfville

Listen to a female moose browse on grasses as the sun comes up in Rocky Mountain National Park in June 2021. This location was in the heart of the East Troublesome Fire that ravaged the park in October 2020. 

Wear headphones for the best listening experience!

Recordings are made with permits issued by the park for the purposes of science and education.

Moose Eating at Dawn -- Rocky Mountain National Park

Three Butcher Birds throw melodies back and forth on a windy morning between storms. An Eastern Koel joins in midway along with the rest of the dawn chorus and frogs can be heard in the waterway nearby.
These field recordings are part of my time in the role of 'The Keeper'. The observer, the explorer, the maker. The Keeper is a live public art project featuring artists from Coolum Beach, Australia. Find out more at: www.keeperproject.com.au

Butcher Birds and Eastern Koel

Here is a recording of the dawn chorus in Pirongia New Zealand. recorded using a stereo pair of Fel Omni Pro Clippy in to a Zoom H5.

Dawn Chorus - Pirongia - 6am - October 15th 2021

Dawn chorus recorded by my father in 1961 or 62, in a garden in Hornchurch, Essex, UK. Dad says that this was before Collared Doves had reached the area.

Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/s/photos/woodland-bird?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText

1960s Dawn Chorus

Mars Arcana is the home of Raygun Ballet (Leftfield Eclectica), Immersion Theory (Ambient Space Music) and Theraphonia (Field Recordings and Experimental), from artist John-Mark Austin and producer Deborah Gates Austin.  Have a look around and find something weird and different!

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."

Travel over 2,000 miles during spring bird migration 2019 with project lead Dr. Jacob Job and audio producer Jacqueline Van Meter to examine the mutual challenges that migratory birds and humans face due to human activity on the planet. 'Voices of a Flyway' stimulates active, mindful listening to nature, reintroduces us to the species and places of our past, deepens our connection to the natural world, and heals our collective mindset about our place within it. 

Project lead Dr. Job is a conservationist, science communicator, natural sounds recordist, National Geographic Explorer, and bird watcher. He travels the country and world, documenting the sounds of nature in our nation's most treasured lands, building connections between people and these places, and working to advocate for their protection.

Nature recordings, primarily from the western United States.  For the stories behind my recordings, visit my blog: www.wildmountainechoes.com.

Exploring hearing, the hearable, and the hearer, as an event, a mode, and a dimension of being.
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Welcome. I am currently exploring the role of 'The Keeper', a public art project for which I am documenting the sounds of Coolum Beach, on Kabi Kabi country,  through a series of field recordings that will be uploaded here between Sept. 24th and October 14th, 2021. I acknowledge the Kabi Kabi traditional custodians and pay my respect to their elders, past present and emerging. It is a privilege to work, play, create and listen on their lands.
Follow the links below to 'The Keeper’ website, my socials and other projects including 'Band of Frequencies' and 'The Waterpeople Podcast'. 
'The Keeper ' project was developed in collaboration with Field Theory, Sunshine Coast Regional Council and Redchair. This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

New tracks tagged #Dawn Chorus