Name: Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras by wild_rumpus
Duration: 2 min 10 s
Description: Recorded by Javier Maradiaga. "Three-toed sloth"

Located on the Tanneron Ridges, the Forêt Du Grand Duc covers 90 hectares and offers beautiful views over the Mediterranean Sea, the Bay of Cannes and the Lérins Islands. 

This recording was made at 6am, about 45 minutes before sunrise. We hear nightingales, robins, blue tits, blackbirds and other common woodland birds. 

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)
20.04.2021

Dawn Chorus - Forêt Du Grand Duc, Mandelieu, France

This is a Mid Side audio recording performed on May 5, 2021 at the wetland Palude del Busatello near Gazzo Veronese - Verona - Italy.
I used a Do It Yourself system by means of a stereo separation baffle inside a 55 cm parabolic dish, in which I inserted two 10 mm microphone capsules: an Omnidirectional AOM 5024 facing the inside of the dish and a figure-eight Primo EM283.
I used a Tascam DR100 mk3 on M/S position recording. 
Please use a good headphones to appreciate the stereo separation!

Nightingale Mid Side parabola recording

Mid-Side recording in Parabolic Microphone Common Nightingale song

While working on a documentary project in Addis Ababa, I was lucky enough to visit several natural sites in Ethiopia. This is a recording from Lake Langano, where many birds and other animals live. 

I was recording on the shore near the fishing village, which you can hear softly in the background. At that time, children were bathing and having fun.

March 2021. Recorded together with Lucia Nimcova.

Early morning on Lake Langano, Ethiopia

I placed the microphones a few metres from a small stream in upland rainforest and left them to capture the dawn chorus. You can hear the raucous calls of Orange-footed Scrubfowl (one of Australia's three species of megapode or mound-builder) as well as the unusual wails of Spotted Catbird. Occasionally Northern Barred Frogs (Mixophyes schevilli)call from the leaf litter.

Dawn at Lumholtz Lodge

Dawn at Lumholtz Lodge, Atherton Tablelands, Australia

5 AM, still in the darkness of mid-March morning, a pair of tawny owls starts vocalising at their would-be nesting grounds. They are probably still in courting phase. Female was desperately calling all through previous evening and male repeatedly approached. In the morning, first thing they did was passionately-sounding lovemaking...  At least that is my interpretation of the audio  recording. 
13. March 2022, 5 AM. Meoma, Estonia. Unattended recording (12 hours). Dogs and rooster in background.

Tawny Owls In Love

Wild Boar grunt and snuffle from the forest floor while the mournful calls of Tawny Owls resonate in the tall pine forest. In the background you can hear the strange bubbly trill of the Eurasian Nightjar. Recorded in the Serrania de Ronda, Andalucia, Spain.

Evening in the Pine Forest - Wild Boar & Tawny Owl (Andalucia, Spain)

Birds and insects call in this rich lowland rainforest chorus recorded near Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park.

Dawn Chorus in Taman Negara

Dawn Chorus in Taman Negara, Malaysia

Recorded in the heart of The Grampians, this album captures the sounds of a rushing stream and birdsong from the surrounding forest. 

Seamlessly divided into three tracks, the album was recorded on a single afternoon by a river in Grampians National Park Victoria. The birdsong on this particular album is subtle and mostly in the background, with the stream being the prominent feature. However, a number of bird species can be heard including Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Gang-gang Cockatoo, Superb Fairywren, Grey Fantail, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill, New Holland Honeyeater, White-throated Treecreeper & Spotted Pardalote. 

With the natural 'white-noise' from the rushing stream, this recording is ideal for noise-masking, as a sleeping aid, and for sufferers of tinnitus.

The full 41 minute album can be downloaded from https://wildambience.com/albums/grampians-stream/

Grampians Stream

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'Grampians Stream' - Album Sample - recorded in the Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia

A longer version of this track is now available on the album 'Heart of Borneo: Tawau Hills' available here https://wildambience.com/albums/heart-of-borneo-tawau-hills/

In the hill rainforests of north-eastern Sabah, tiny Bornean Treehole Frogs (Metaphrynella sundana) call to create a magical nocturnal soundscape.

In order to make their calls as loud as possible, males of this species adjust the frequency of their 'toop' call to match the natural resonance of the small water-filled treehole they live inside. Often a number of males can be heard calling from different sized holes in the same area, creating a delightful soundscape of 'toop' notes at various pitches.

Night Soundscape - Tawau Hills

Recorded by Javier Maradiaga. "Three-toed sloth"

Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras

This gentle insect chorus was recorded late at night on the Le Muracciole Farm on the outskirts of Canino in the Lazio region of Italy. The mics were placed close to a trickling stream resulting in a calm natural soundscape. 

Recorded 06.08.2020
Sony PCM A10 + 2 x LOM mikroUsi

Night Insect Chorus  - Canino, Lazio, Italy

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Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras

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