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One slightly older recording which I recorded during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020. Forest with thrushes and cuckoos in the foreground, ural owl and bittern in the background

Tascam Dr-100 MK III digital recorder
An Azden microphone pre-amplifier/mixer
Handmade phantom powered Primo Microphones with EM172 capsules. 24 bit 48kHz

Forest Full Of Cuckoos. Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia. Mai 29, 2020

The rainforests of Malaysia are some of the richest on the planet. While several national parks have been established in the country, large areas of primary forest still exist outside park borders, and it's these unprotected forests that are facing rapid & systemic destruction.

In March 2014 I spent a week in and around Taman Negara National Park recording the extraordinary sights and sounds of this stunning area. Sadly, only a few kilometres from park headquarters in Kuala Tahan, extensive areas of virgin forest are being logged and cleared for palm oil plantations. It's a story being played out throughout the world, as governments & corporations see forests as having more value dead than alive.

Recorded from a logging access road adjacent to pristine, primary rainforest, this is a sampler featuring some of the unique & beautiful natural sounds of this precious habitat.

Rainforest On The Edge

Rainforest On The Edge - Natural soundscapes recorded in Malaysia's lowland rainforest

An adult male White-eyed Vireo singing very pretty songs. Some of his songs are the most complex of any White-eyed Vireo I have heard. At the end of this recording, he sings rambling songs. These are typically sung to his mate when she is ready to lay an egg.

White-eyed Vireo, Pretty Songs And Rambling Song

At the crossroads of day and night, diurnal birds meet nocturnal animals for a precious hour. Thus the black-crowned night herons, doves, ducks meet the roar of the deer, the fleeting bats and the tawny owl, in a unique and precious soundscape in the heart of the forest of Orléans, the biggest forest in France

Crépuscule Automnal À L'étang Du Ravoir (Automn Nightfall At Ravoir's Pound)

Thailand's deciduous forests are a type of tropical woodland and home to a diverse range of birds and wildlife. This recording was made in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, one of Thailand's most successful tiger reserves. 

In this sample you can hear the fluty calls of Black-hooded Oriole, the chattering of White-crested Laughingthrush and many other species including Lineated Barbet, Blue-bearded Bee-eater and Black Giant Squirrel.

This recording is part of the album 'Forest of Life' from the series 'Sounds of Wild Thailand' and features the vibrant sounds of Huai Kha Khaeng's forests from dawn until dusk.

Species recorded include: Indochinese Tiger, Thai Golden Jackal, Green Peafowl & many more bird species. For full details & to download visit https://wildambience.com/albums/forest-of-life/

Birdsong of Thailand's Deciduous Forest

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Birdsong of Thailand's Deciduous Forest - Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary

This recording is an excerpt from the album "Tropical Rainforest" in the series "Sounds of Wild Thailand" - downloadable from https://wildambience.com/albums/thailands-tropical-rainforest/

Thailand's Tropical Rainforest

Thailand's Tropical Rainforest - Kaeng Krachan National Park

The sounds of a new day in the African bush. This album was recorded in Northern Tuli Game Reserve in Botswana and features the diverse sounds of birds and wildlife in an ecotone of mopane woodland and arid savanna.

Botswana: Dawn in Tuli Wilderness

Botswana: Dawn in Tuli Wilderness - Album Sample

Morning in the Capertee Valley

Morning in the Capertee Valley, NSW, Australia

Superb Lyrebird calling in the early morning, not long after dawn, in the Jamison Valley. This particular area of the Jamison Valley is on the slopes of the Narrow Neck Plateau and is covered in lush, wet sclerophyll forest, which borders a small pocket of rainforest.
Some of the birds the lyrebird mimics in this performance are: Laughing Kookaburra, Satin Bowerbird, Eastern Whipbird, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Lewin's Honeyeater, Pied Currawong, Crimson Rosella, Pilotbird, Australian King Parrot. Many of the odd sounds it makes are pure Lyrebird calls as they do have their own unique repertoire. 
In the background you can hear many Bell Miners twinkling.
November, 2014.

Superb Lyrebird In The Jamison Valley, Blue Mountains

Yeruvás/Rufous-capped Motmots (Baryphthengus ruficapillus) calling and duetting at dawn.

Recorded in February 2024 in Mbaracayú Forest Reserve, Paraguay

Dawn Of The Motmots (excerpt)

Tasmania's rainforests and old growth eucalypt forests have been subjects to decades of conflict between pro-logging groups and environmentalists. Thankfully, significant areas of these unique forests have been gazetted as World Heritage  sites and hopefully other areas such as the Tarkine wilderness will benefit from similar protection in the future.

This recording was made on the slopes of Mount Field National Park, and captures the sounds of some Tasmania's unique bird species. 

You can download and read more about the full album here - https://wildambience.com/albums/tasmanias-ancient-rainforest/

Tasmania's Ancient Rainforest

Album - 'Tasmania's Ancient Rainforest'

This field recording of the Dawn chorus was made at my family farm in Halifax, PA. The birds wake up an hour before dawn.

Bitting Farm Dawn Chorus in the Cornfield 6/11/24

'Mallee Dawn' is a 26 minute album comprising four recordings made early morning in Victoria's Wyperfeld National Park. This extensive reserve protects significant areas of mallee and dry woodland and is a great place to observe native birds and other wildlife.

Download from https://wildambience.com/albums/mallee-dawn/

Mallee Dawn

Album: Mallee Dawn - Recorded in Wyperfeld National Park, Victoria, Australia

Chemirocha

A vibrant spring dawn chorus recorded on the banks of the Cudgegong River in Wollemi National Park, NSW, Australia. 

Species recorded on this track include Musk Duck, Australian Reed Warbler, White-throated Gerygone, Superb Fairywren, Grey Fantail, Rufous Whistler, Noisy Friarbird, White-eared Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Grey Shrikethrush, Olive-backed Oriole & Australian Raven.

Cudgegong River Morning

Cudgegong River Morning - Recorded in Wollemi National Park, NSW, Australia

The sound of dewdrops and birdsong in one of Fiji's last remaining areas of primary tropical rainforest.

More info - https://wildambience.com/location-trip-updates/fiji/dewdrops-fiji-rainforest/

Dewdrops in Fiji's Rainforest

Recorded at first light near my camp in Mount Gibson Sanctuary, Western Australia. 

Spiny-cheeked, White-fronted & Grey-fronted Honeyeaters call as they flutter about feeding in the flowering salmon gums.  The fluty, bell-like rhythms of Crested Bellbird can be heard too.

Dawn at Mount Gibson Sanctuary

Dawn at Mount Gibson Sanctuary, Western Australia

This recording was awarded the Silver Fox 2018. The Silver Fox is the overall winner of the annual competition of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society. This is the long version of the recording - the competition entries are allowed to be max. two minutes long.
Recorded 2017 at the Amazon Refuge Lodge in Loreto, Peru. 2 x AT4022 omnis in an Olson Wing array.

WSRS Silver Fox Award 2018 - Afternoon by the Lodge

Audio capture of dawn birdsong near the boiling river at Santuario and Arkana.

Rainforest Dreams

Sounds Of Santuario - Dawn In The Amazon

Lovely dusk soundscape featuring a Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl sounding off at dusk along with many other songs: Ruddy Quail Dove, Thrush-like Antpitta (so magical), Black-banded Woodcreeper, and Buff-throated Woodcreeper. Note: This is a binaural recording so please listen using headphones.

Recorded near Sani Lodge in Ecuador's lowland rainforest. © Lang Elliott, All Rights Reserved.

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