Storm in Sinharaja

As the daylight brightens Yellow-browed Bulbul sing cheerfully and a distant Chestnut-backed Owlet makes a soft rolling call. The soft coughing calls of the endangered Purple-faced Langur can be heard from a nearby hillside. Sri Lankan Junglefowl make the distinctive crowing calls throughout this track and most of the album. Later on this track a Spot-winged Thrush sings sweetly while growls of thunder are heard in the distance.

The insect activity increases as the days warms and a light breeze drifts through the forest. Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher and Spot-winged Thrush continue to sing melodiously and Yellow-fronted Barbets can be heard with their repetitive rhythmic calls. A Sri Lankan Grey Hornbill cackles occasionally in the distance and in the foreground a woodpecker drums. Toward the end of the track light rain begins to fall.

The rain continues as the soundscape becomes sparser with most birds seeking shelter from the downpour.

As the rain lightens, a Spot-winged Thrush sings beautifully from the forest along with the lower-pitched simpler phrases of Sri Lankan Scimitar-Babbler.

The birds become more active as the storm passes and a number of small frogs call from the wet forest floor. At around 5:00 the unusual call of the Sri Lankan Spurfowl can be heard followed by the tinkling song of Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher.