Name: Orangutan calling, Danum Valley, Borneo by Wild Ambience
Duration: 2 min 58 s
Description: By chance I had left my microphones in just the right place. In the early hours of the morning, a large male Orangutan starting calling from the rainforest canopy above.

This is stunning! The hairs on the back of my neck are standing on end!

As a Malaysian, I am so proud to listen to this! Thanks for this! <3

Could I use this in an instrumental I'm working on? I'd be sure to credit you in any way you'd like. Thanks for your time

Amazing. Thank you very much for sharing such incredible sounds with us :)

Listening with good headphones in a quiet environment is recommended.

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Sample from the 123 minute album "Borneo: Maliau Basin". 

Subtle birdsong & forest ambience with natural white noise from a stream in the background. Recorded in Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Full album available for download from https://wildambience.com/albums/borneo-nepenthes-forest/

Borneo: Maliau Basin

Borneo: Maliau Basin - Album Sample

An excerpt from a 4 hour recording which, for the most part, captured Taman Negara's gentle nocturnal soundscape . However on this excerpt the peaceful twinkling of insects & cooing of frogs is interrupted by alarm calls from a Spectacled Langur high in the canopy. Without good nocturnal vision, perhaps the langurs could smell a predator, or hear it's footsteps on the forest floor below. 

I remember waking up in our tent hearing these langurs at about 4:30am, and when we emerged from the tent at sunrise, the distinctive pugmarks of a Leopard were left in the sand only inches from where I slept. Perhaps it was attracted to my pig-like snoring?! 

Voices of the Night - Taman Negara

Voices of the Night - Taman Negara, Malaysia

Mountain Scops Owl, Barking Deer and various insects can be heard on the forest soundscape recorded in the evening on the slopes of Doi Inthanon in northern Thailand.

Evening in the Forest - Doi Inthanon

Evening in the Forest - Doi Inthanon NP, Thailand

In the hour before sunrise, the calls of Tawny Frogmouth and Southern Boobook can be heard, along with crickets and other insects. Willie Wagtails sing sweet short melodies and later in the track an Australian Owlet Nightjar occasionally ‘chirps’ .

This track is available on the album 'Mallee Dawn' https://wildambience.com/albums/mallee-dawn/

Early Morning Darkness in Wyperfeld National Park

Early Morning Darkness in Wyperfeld National Park, Victoria

A natural symphony of frogs, insects, frogmouths (a type of nocturnal bird) and a distant Great Argus Pheasant recorded around midnight in Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia.


Midnight in Borneo's Rainforest

Midnight in Borneo's Rainforest - Sarawak, Malaysia

By chance I had left my microphones in just the right place. In the early hours of the morning, a large male Orangutan starting calling from the rainforest canopy above.

Orangutan calling, Danum Valley

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Orangutan calling, Danum Valley, Borneo

Named after their distinctive banjo-like calls, Eastern Banjo Frogs (Limnodynastes dumerilii) [also known as Pobblebonks!] are a type of burrowing frog found in South-eastern Australia. Males of the species produce a single 'bonk' note, with other individuals often calling in response. After periods of rain Banjo Frogs are most active and vocal, and in this recording dozens of individuals can be heard creating a unique soundscape at a small dam surrounded by woodland in north-east Victoria.

The full 46 minute album is available for download from https://wildambience.com/albums/pobblebonk-dam/

Pobblebonk Dam

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'Pobblebonk Dam', Recorded in Chiltern NP, Victoria, Australia

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

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

It is still dark when a single Black Grouse starts calling on a forest clearing. Morning chorus from nearby forest is getting louder as birds are joining in one by one. A Woodcock can be heard when flying over the clearing and making strange croaking sound. Other birds in the recording: European Robin, Song Thrush, Cuckoo, Song Thrush, Eurasian Nightjar. 1. May 2012, around 4:15 AM, near Koiva (Gauja) river.

Black Grouse with morning chorus

Early morning at a small pond - Tabin Wildlife reserve in the Borneo rainforest. A water hen calls incessantly near the mics while a distant Coucal's notes reverberate through the forest. Longer version on Youtube at https://youtu.be/Q3J9ZSPhPKs

Recorded with Sony PCM D10 and Lom MikroUsi microphones taped to the branches of a dead tree in the centre of the pond. Read about my expedition to Borneo at https://mindful-audio.com/blog/sound-recording-borneo

Borneo Rainforest - Morning At The Pond

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