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Dawn at Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia
Nestled amongst jungle-clad mountains of Pahang province, Bukit Fraser (Fraser’s Hill) is one of Malaysia’s lovely hill resorts and an ideal base to explore the surrounding forests. This recording is an excerpt from the album "Bukit Fraser - Rainforest Dawn" which was...
New Album Release: “Kinabatangan Dawn”
The new album “Kinabatangan Dawn” was recorded over a period of several days in tropical rainforest on the banks of the great Kinabatangan River in Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). For full details go to the album page:...
Glossy Black Cockatoos Feeding on Casuarina
It sounded like the crackling of a campfire coming from the Allocasuarina trees growing along the creekbed. When I hear this sound in the Australian bush, I've learned to look upwards, as various species of cockatoos and parrots often stay hidden in the foliage of...
Trip Update: Winter Woodland, Kings Plains National Park, NSW, Australia
Another sample from last week's bush trip. This one is from Kings Plains National Park(near Glen Innes, north-east NSW), a small but beautiful reserve protecting one's of south-east Australia's few remaining areas of pristine eucalyptus woodland. Despite the frozen -3...
Trip Update: Albert’s Lyrebird in the Border Ranges, NSW, Australia
Here's a sample of Albert's Lyrebird (Menura alberti) recorded a few days ago in the beautiful Border Ranges National Park, northern NSW, Australia. A lesser-known cousin to the famous Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), Albert's Lyrebird is a rare, localized...
Trip Update: Currawong Concerto, Macleay River Valley, NSW, Australia
Trip Update: This is a brief sample of a beautiful soundscape I stumbled across in the relatively remote Macleay River valley in the New England region of NSW, Australia. In the Australian winter, Pied Currawongs often form flocks and search out fruiting trees to...
Nature Sounds Help Hospital Patients
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in the US have been exploring how exposure to natural scenes and sounds might help ease patient stress. Nature sounds contributed to a 43% improvement in pain and stress control -...
The Effects of Noise Pollution on Whales
Important research has been published regarding the effects of noise pollution on whales. Scientists played sonar to a group of hunting Cuvier's beaked whales which had been tagged. In response to the sounds, the whales quickly stopped hunting and "swam rapidly,...
North-east New South Wales Field Recording Trip
Tomorrow I'll be heading up to north-eastern New South Wales where I'll visit various national parks and wild areas to record some new nature soundscapes. I'm especially looking forward to spending a few nights in the Border Ranges, a significant area of World...
Soundscapes of Kubah National Park, Borneo
The pure, natural soundscapes of Kubah National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo) are some of the most intense I have ever experienced. Dawn begins with what some have nicknamed the 'Morning Fanfare' cicada (Gogala & Trilar), an insect species with a distinctive...