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Noise Pollution 2008-07-01 20:56:38 When in India, we found ourselves amused at the variety and volume of car and truck horns. From reedy wheezes, old-time ‘honks’, blarting farts, to an ear-splitting rack of air horns - the range of sounds was extraordinary. Have a listen: Indian traffic, with those ubiquitous airhorns.
But it is no laughing matter. Read more:Noise
, Pollution
‘The Bush Mafia’ 2008-06-23 01:36:04 Honeyeaters are probably a nuisance to many small forest birds. They can be numerous, and are often quite territorial, with a habit of mobbing and chasing off smaller species.
In some, such as Bell Miners, this trait can lead to them being seen as a significant pest - sometimes even to other honeyeaters! Read more:Mafia
The Haunting Song of Gibbons 2008-06-23 00:07:55 Gibbons are quite common in Thailand’s tropical forests, and their haunting calls can be heard most mornings. Read more:Gibbons
Why do we visit zoos? 2008-05-18 18:03:05 What is the purpose of zoos? Education? Conservation? Entertainment? Or mere business enterprise? Sarah and I were left pondering this question after a recent visit
to Jugong Bird Park in Singapore.
Thailand (Malaysia), pt.5 - Fraser Hill 2008-05-13 19:02:12 The monsoon has finally caught up with us. Not in a torrential downpour kind of way - just steady soaking rainstorms that last an hour or so each day. But it is enough to bring the leeches out in platoons on the forest tracks, and create landslides like this one on the path to our [...] Read more:Fraser
, Malaysia
, Thailand
Thailand, pt.4 - The Andaman Sea Islands 2008-04-23 07:44:07 I have to mention the Thai Longtail. Not because it is some exotic tropical bird, and sadly not because it is rare or nice to listen to. No. Longtails are both ubiquitous and very, very unpleasantly noisy. Read more:Islands
, Thailand
Thailand, pt.3 - Khao Yai & Kaeng Krachen 2008-04-23 05:57:43 I thought I was recording a tropical waterfall, but no, it was just the sweat pouring off me. We have never been so uncomfortably hot and sticky. And it was only 5.30 am. Read more:Thailand
Thailand, pt. 2 - Thung Salaeng Luang & Mae Wong 2008-03-25 02:05:54 Thailand’s border with Myanmar (Burma) is a curious area. The last hills of the great Himalayan range separate two Buddhist nations with a long history of conflict. Read more:Luang
, Thailand
Thailand, pt. 1 - Nam Nao 2008-03-15 06:09:22 We were anticipating tropical heat on this trip, but the dry Australian summer has not prepared us for the humidity here. Yesterday we sat at lunch with a British expat who was eating an ice cream and perspiring as much as we were. Having finished, he used his ice-cream stick, window-wiper style, to scrape the [...] Read more:Thailand
Upcoming field trip to Thailand & Malaysia 2008-03-04 23:26:52 Over the next two months, Sarah and I shall be recording and photographing in the forests of Thailand
and Malaysia
.
For those of you placing orders during this time, Alison will be attending to inquiries and CD orders. She will be able to access emails daily, so if you have any questions or difficulties, just email [...] Read more:Upcoming
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) - sounds and images 2008-08-08 00:29:08 Swift Parrot
s (Lathamus discolor) are pretty little creatures. Not only are they beautiful birds, but there are estimated to be only a few thousand of them left in the wild.
New nature sounds album release: “Sharma Song” 2008-07-30 01:53:15 Nature sounds recorded in Thailand feature in our latest album release: “Sharma
Song”. This album highlights one of the most beautiful singers in the bird world. Read more:nature
New nature sounds album release: “A Tropical Night” 2008-07-30 01:39:32 Nature sounds recorded on an island in the Andaman Sea off Thailand feature in our latest album release: “A TropicalNight
”. This album continues in our series of night-time recordings: Nature at Rest. Read more:nature
New nature sounds album release: “In a Sheltered Valley” 2008-07-30 01:33:14 Nature sounds recorded in the Kanagara area of the Blue Mountains National Park, west of Sydney, feature in our recent album release: “In a Sheltered Valley
”. Recorded during a single morning in the stillness following a storm, this is a beautiful album of Australian birdsong. Read more:nature
New nature sounds album release: “The Blue Mountains” 2008-07-30 01:14:51 Nature sounds recorded in the Blue Mountains National Park feature in our latest album release: “The Blue Mountains”. The album is an evocative sound journey into the nature
of one of Australia’s most well-known landscapes.
‘In a Sheltered Valley’ nature album 2008-08-22 03:11:26 When Sarah and I first began Listening Earth in 1993, I had no training or guidance in how to go about recording nature
sounds. I simply turned the recorder on when something interesting caught my ear; a particular species calling, or a pleasing harmony in the sounds around me. As soon as the subject of [...] Read more:Valley
‘Tropical Night’ nature sounds album - an introduction 2008-08-20 22:47:44 Being in a tropical forest in the depths of night can be one of the most relaxing and meditative experiences for me. In total darkness, with a chorus of nocturnal insects chiming in the night air, I would describe it as being immersed in a hypnotic sound bath. Very peaceful.
So I wanted to create a [...] Read more:nature
, Night
, Tropical
Nature sounds from a Pine Meadow in Thailand 2008-09-02 22:46:57 A Rufous Woodpecker flew across the open meadow toward the grove of pine trees in which I was sound recording. It landed on a tree nearby, and I could see its lovely, rusty plumage illuminated by the first rays of morning sunlight. They defy gravity these large woodpeckers, clinging to tree trunks by formidable claws, [...] Read more:Meadow
, Thailand
A beautiful nature sound recording - Pied Butcherbirds in the Australian Outback 2008-09-02 21:30:52 There are times when nature
’s sounds and the physical landscape come together to create a moment that is utterly magical. Such an occasion involved the voice of one of the world’s most sublime songbirds, the Pied Butcherbird, and the cathedral-like acoustic of Ormiston Gorge in the Australian
desert.
The recording we made of the butcherbirds in [...] Read more:Outback
The nature sounds of Uluru and the Australian desert 2008-09-02 01:57:34 The average time that visitors stay at Uluru (Ayres Rock) National Park is only one and a half days. Which is not only surprising, but very sad, as Uluru is far more than just a picture postcard to be ticked off the tourist itinerary.
Situated on the edge of the great western desert, Uluru is not [...] Read more:Australian
, nature
“Happy Budgies” - wild budgerigar sounds promote wellbeing of pet birds 2008-10-21 00:31:26 To see budgerigars in the wild is a wonderful experience. In the drier parts of Australia, they are found in sometimes huge flocks, taking to the air with a roar of wings, their green and yellow plumage flashing against the blue sky. When they alight, trees can be full of chattering budgies, clustering together, preening [...] Read more:Happy
Wonderful spring birdsong! 2008-10-20 02:54:12 Spring is well underway around home here in Victoria, and the bush is alive with birdsong. We’ve been out and about recording in recent weeks, with some lovely results.
In late September, Sarah and I undertook a short (but adventurous!) field trip to Mutawintji National Park in outback NSW (more later!).
We arrived home just in time [...] Read more:Wonderful
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