Vibrant spring soundscape from the Australian bush featuring the unique rhythmic 'thump-whistle' sound of a male Musk Duck. Recorded & filmed in Wollemi National Park, NSW. #wildoz #soundscape #fieldrecording #birdsong #dawnchorus

One of Australia's unique avian voices - the song of a male Brown Songlark. A melodic jumble of electric buzzes & scratchy metallic notes, it has been described as sounding like a wheel squeaking on a rusty axle! #wildoz #birds #fieldrecording #birdsong

Enjoy this gentle nocturnal soundscape from deep in the Amazon. Such a diversity of sound at night at this recording location! From the album 'Cuyabeno Dawn', link in comments. #soundscape #biodiversity #rainforest

Just published three new albums recorded in the Amazon rainforest on my website. wildambience.com/albums/ Here's a sample from 'Cuyabeno Dawn' - put some headphones on and enjoy the sound of the rainforest awakening! #soundscape #fieldrecording #rainforest #biodiversity

A strange sound from the upland rainforests of north Queensland - the call of a male Golden Bowerbird at his bower. #wildoz #birds #fieldrecording youtu.be/NrM_i_0cDXg

Female Satin Bowerbird - she doesn't have the dazzling glossy ink blue of the male but is still a stunner! #wildoz #birds

The iconic call of the Whistling Kite is a classic Aussie bird sound. Hearing it always reminds me of trudging around wetlands in tropical northern Australia! #birds #wildoz youtu.be/5h9wNn-tfFg

One of Australia’s silliest bird sounds – the calls of the Wompoo Fruit Dove. Despite the lack of vocal grace, they are still one of the world's most beautiful pigeons! In this sample a group of Wompoo Fruit Doves were having strange gargling conversations while tucking into some rainforest fruit.

Predawn song of a Pied Butcherbird in early spring. Before sunrise at this time of year the song of butcherbirds (and Australian Magpies) is often made up of simpler, more repetitive phrases than the typical full song heard later in the morning - but it's still sublime! #wildoz

As spring approaches, many Australian birds will be ramping up their songs! Over the next month or so on my Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/wildambience), I’ll feature a bunch of beautiful, unusual, iconic or otherwise interesting Australian bird sounds. #wildiz #birds

Was nice to hear and record the mournful call of the Common Potoo on my recent trip to Ecuador. These strange-looking birds look almost like cartoon characters with their huge bulging eyes! #fieldrecording #birds youtu.be/TQc9hdRv1Bs

Some photos from my recent field recording trip to the Amazon & cloud forest in Ecuador. As always, local guides were invaluable in making the trip a success and helping me track down and record many of the sounds I was targeting. #fieldrecording #soundscape #sound

Stunning eyespots on the wings of a Leucanella moth in the cloud forest of Ecuador! #moth

Dawn recording from the Ecuadorian Amazon. #amazonrainforest #biodiversity #soundscape #fieldrecording

Just now wrapping up an epic six week trip recording sounds in South America, from the Ecuadorian Amazon to the temperate Valdivian forests of southern Chile. Here's a few shots from the Amazon. Will post some audio samples soon...

An audio sample from the album ‘Birdsong of the Australian Bush’ featuring beautiful birdsong from six different habitats in the Aussie bush. wildambience.com/albums/birds... #sounds #australia #birdsong

Over the past few weeks I’ve been hearing this monotonous sound from my backyard in Sydney’s inner suburbs! Tawny Frogmouths are superbly camouflaged nocturnal birds & are often overlooked during the day. #wildoz #birds #australia youtu.be/mZmvmavIKfY

Wombat dreams. On my last visit to #Tasmania, I stumbled across this adorable mother wombat having a well-deserved afternoon nap (she was carrying a decent sized joey in her pouch)! #wildoz #wildlife

Afternoon storm at a Lesser Bird-of-Paradise lek in the New Guinea rainforest. Soon afterwards it started to bucket down & it was a mad scramble to pack up & make the dash back to camp - we got drenched but it was worth it to see these incredible birds displaying! www.youtube.com/watch?v=exE8...

If you haven't already, check out Earth.fm and dive into this curated collection of calming, immersive natural soundscapes from around the world. 🌴 earth.fm/nature-sound... #soundscape #fieldrecording #nature #calm #biodiversity

Australian Magpies singing in the darkness before dawn. One of the best sounds to wake up to while camping in the bush! This is an excerpt from the album: 'Moonlight Chorus' - wildambience.com/albums/moonl... #wildoz #birds #sounds #fieldrecording #nature

One of Australia’s underrated birds – the Metallic Starling! In the right light their iridescent purple and green plumage is striking, as are their big red eyes! This species migrates each summer from New Guinea to north Queensland to breed. #wildoz #birds #birding

Rumble in the jungle! The cassowary makes the lowest frequency sound of any bird. An incredible sound to hear in the wild, you feel it as much as you hear it! You'll need decent speakers or headphones to appreciate the low frequency here www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-9... #wildoz #birds #fieldrecording

I have a love/hate relationship with cassowaries. Wonderful birds, until they walk straight at you with that unnerving look in their eye! This Northern Cassowary in West Papua rounded me up in the forest the day after this photo was taken & I ended up shielding behind a tree with heart pumping😅

I stumbled across this wonderfully camouflaged New England Leaf-tailed Gecko (Saltuarius moritzi) in Barrington Tops National Park, NSW. #wildoz #herps #wildlife #nature #australia

One of the most magical Australian bird calls - the local 'flute' accent of Superb Lyrebirds in the New England Tablelands of NSW. This extract is from the album 'Flute Lyrebirds of the Werrikimbe Wilderness' wildambience.com/albums/flute... #wildoz #birds #fieldrecording #lyrebird

Some strange sounds from the Australian rainforest! The unique calls of Wompoo Fruit Doves, Spotted Catbirds and the sharp 'whipcracks' of Eastern Whipbirds make for an unusual soundscape. #wildoz #fieldrecording #rainforest #soundscape #biodiversity #sound

The bone cruncher! The sounds of wild Tasmanian Devils squabbling & cracking bones at night in the Tassie bush. Recorded in the beautiful Leven River valley. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8kR...

Bumped into this little guy when I went to retrieve my recording rig. He freaked out when he saw me coming and decided burrowing under my backpack was the safest bet!

Setting up for an overnight recording session in the Tasmanian highlands. If you look closely you'll see I wasn't alone!