Bringing nature to you in sounds and images
Posted in In Nature:, India, New Releases, Travel on Dec 22nd, 2008
“But you will not be finding any birds singing in that area sir!” My informant smiled reassuringly at me from behind his desk.
My heart sank. “How do you know?” I replied.
“It is part of my area as Field Officer for that park, and I never hear any birds in that area.”
“But it is the […]
Posted in India, Society and Nature Sounds on Jul 2nd, 2008
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.
Posted in In Nature:, India, New Releases, Travel on Mar 4th, 2008
A week later, and we have a crazy plan taking shape.
In this time we have crossed Orissa, travelling firstly to Kotagar forest in the southwest, and then Sunaberra in the far west of the state. The latter in particular has been fascinating and given us some lovely recordings. However somewhere along the many kilometres of […]
Posted in In Nature:, India, New Releases, Travel on Mar 1st, 2008
Shiva sleeps in the vehicle, and we often feel embarrassed to wake him predawn. but this morning he is up at 4.30 knocking on our door. The air is still, and stars shine through the branches overhead, so conditions are good. Half an hour later we are off, heading out of the guesthouse compound and […]
Posted in In Nature:, India, New Releases, Travel on Feb 29th, 2008
Back at the ‘Bison Room’, a busload of Indian picnickers has arrived out front, and any peace is shattered by the excited screams of children and a boombox Bollywood soundtrack. The riverfront at Tikapada is a popular picnic spot, so we can anticipate more of this in the coming days.
Posted in In Nature:, India, New Releases, Travel on Feb 27th, 2008
We drive round a corner to find a dozen villagers running along the road ahead of us. They cast anxious glances behind them as they scatter, but smile as we pull alongside. An animated conversation ensues with our driver, Shiva. “Elephant!” he reports. They have just seen an elephant in the fields nearby and […]
Posted in In Nature:, India, New Releases, Travel on Feb 26th, 2008
The story of how we came to make this recording begins not in the depths of the forest, but like many of our endeavours in India, in a major city, chasing down bureaucrats.
Posted in In Nature:, India, Travel on Feb 21st, 2008
It is during our final morning in Bandipur that we have our most memorable encounter. The driver appeared to see them first. In an instant we were all aware that […]
Posted in In Nature:, India, Travel on Feb 21st, 2008
Having finally obtained permission to enter the park pre-dawn each morning, the next difficulty we encounter is getting our parks’ driver and guide to be up and ready to leave by […]
Posted in In Nature:, India, Travel on Feb 21st, 2008
Bandipur NP
An Introduction (from Andrew)
Richard and Prue are both our neighbours and very good friends. Over the last seven years we have helped each other build […]