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| Please note: I am not an authority on Indian birdsong, or identifying other natural sounds from the subcontinent. Hence these notes are incomplete, and I have only included what I know from my few month's field work in India. If you are able to contribute further identifications, I will be grateful of the assistance.
Track 1 Dawn at Nagarahole; Predawn The first four tracks come from one continuous field recording, representing a complete dawn sequence. We begin in the darkness of pre-dawn, and continue through to when shafts of sunlight dispel the morning mists. Recorded in forest, mature trees and dense understory, with open areas and patches of lantana nearby. |
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| From 0.00: unidentified, possibly a Babbler species - chorus of mellow, 3 syllable “chop,op,op”. From 0.00: unidentified, held single note(s), medium pitch whistle. 0.19: unidentified - “nyet, nyet, nyet, nyet...”. Again at 2.47 0.30: Raquet-tailed Drongo (left channel, ringing cackle, heard repeatedly, noticably at 2.27...5.14...) 0.45: Red-wattled Lapwing 0.55: Common Langur (left channel, are heard often throughout...) 1.28: White-rumped Sharma?? - pure melodic notes, medium pitch. Can be heard for next several minutes, notably from 2.33, 3.33 and very nicely from 5.00-5.37... 1.30: unidentified - loud whistled “whap, whap,whap...” right channel. Heard again at 1.54 and in background. 3.15, 3.21...: Sambar Deer? sounds like a dog barking, very distant, right channel, more audable at 3.55 on. 3.35: Indian Turtle Doves, heard for the next few minutes. 4.04 & 4.06: Red-wiskered Bulbulls. 5.43: Red-Wattled Lapwing, pair calling 6.36: Chittal (Spotted Deer) alarm call 6.42, 7.10: Woodpecker drumming, Greater Flameback? 7.12: White-cheeked Barbet (also known as Little Green Barbet). Barbets call incessantly throughout the day, and are a feature of the Indian natural soundscape. 8.04: Indian Giant Squirrel, spitting call in background, also around 10.20. Heard better on track 7. 8.32: Tiger. This animal was not far away, maybe 200m. This is a yawn, not a roar! Also at 8.47, 8.52, 8.59, 9.04 and 9.10, . 8.38: Sambar alarm call. 9.40-11.10: unidentified - silvery tone, melodic downward scale, left channel, may be two birds calling together. 10.06: unidentified - calls frequently, a more noticable call at 10.34. In middle distance, left channel. Rich, musical, medium pitch, 3 syllable callwith last 2 notes lower. 10.12: unidentified - close, in left channel, another bird more distant in right, fast “chit, chit, chit...” 11.54: unidentified - single Sparrow-like call, left channel. Hanging Parrot? |
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| 0.00 Lapwing 0.53... Chittal alarm call 1.00... Woodpecker drumming (Flameback?) 1.30 Little Green Barbet 2.20 Indian Giant Squirrel 2.50... Tiger 2.56 Sambar? 4.00-5.30 ? Another melodic vocalist, downward scale, quicker?, LCh, same as before or another sp? Sounds like our Gerygone. 4.16 ? Melodic, medium pitch, in distance LCh, 3(+) syllable call, last 2 notes lower, repeated 4.30-6.00 ? Close up small bird, LCh, actually another in RCh; fast “chit, chit, chit...” 5.06... Grey Jungle Fowl in distance 6.12 ? Single Sparrow-like call LCh 6.20 Sharp “Tchek” repeated, heard from here on. Heard this little critter wherever we went, never found out what he was exactly; small, warbler-like but don’t think it was a warbler, always in undergrowth. Prinia? 6.41 Different woodpecker drumming in distance. Is it possible to identify sp by sound alone? 6.43 That original woodpecker to compare 6.47 ? high downslured whistle. LCh. Heard again for next few minutes or so. 6.49 Grey Jungle Fowl, RCh then LCh. They are heard often and close from here on. 7.11... Tiger again |
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