Bush sounds, birdsong in Australia - sleep music (2 hours) | Nature Track 

Hey, it's Ann Jones from How Deadly. Near Canberra, where the gum trees grow small and with twisting white trunks, there is a patch of bush. I creep out from under the covers to set up the microphones in the twilight of the morning, right next to a dam. This is on the land of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, and not far away there are paddocks, livestock, a road and a farmhouse. But right here all there is, is nature waking up for the day. Listen for the drops of dew falling from the gumtrees and onto the leaf-litter below. --------------------------------------------------------------- 2:34, 4:50 and all through the recording, you can hear rosellas softly chattering to each other, their wing beats as they fly between trees, and the tiny clicks of them cracking open gumnuts to eat the softer seeds inside. They are probably crimson rosellas. 6:17 Australian magpies are the only birds in the world that carol like this. 8:15 Hear those wing beats? It's literally the sound of the air flowing over the feathers of bird wings. There are also black cockies calling in the distance just after this bird flies past. 15:26 This is the wing beat of a tiny bird, such as a thornbill or spinebill. It sounds like fluttering - "pfffffrt pfffffrt" - because they flap so fast each wing beat blurs into one shaky sound. 17:12 A wood duck calls from the dam, and sounds pretty happy with itself really (they always do). You can hear the duck’s wings and also its feet on the water. 23:32 The rosellas continue their morning feast, and this is a particularly satisfying gumnut crack. 25:34 This is a rosella’s flight call - a "swqwauk" that is often heard receding into the bush. Just ten seconds later, you hear the sweetest sound in the Australian bush - the piping, bell-like tings of the rosella’s chiming call. 37:50 the "shhhhhhh" is the sound of a water-skiing wood duck. 40:49 Some small croaks from Crinia signifera - common eastern froglets. These are tiny little things, never getting bigger than 3cm, but their voice is mighty and carries a long way. 42:50 There is a bird having a bath on the edge of the dam. 47:00 The magpies really get going here and they are even joined by a kookaburra! 48:50 A sulphur-crested cockatoo does a flyby. 52:50 There are yellow-tailed black cockies in the distance as the magpies are singing their morning tunes. 1:01:15 A tiny bell-like repeating call of the eastern spinebill, a fetching tiny little bird with a long downward-curved bill for sipping nectar from flowers. Its call is one note, repeated and often getting faster as it goes. It's followed by magpie warbles and rosella chimes - then, a gust of wind pushes through the trees. 1:12:05 This is a white-throated tree creeper calling. It has special feet which enable it to grip onto a vertical surface, and it spends most of its time bouncing in an upwards direction around tree trunks looking for insects to eat. 1:15:40 You can hear a tiny bird, such as a scrubwren bouncing, alighting, flying and hunting in this section. 1:16:35 In the background there is the squeaky-toy beg of a juvenile sulphur-crested cockie, who manages to annoy its parents on both the exhale and inhale. 1:25:00 In this sequence, you can hear multiple magpies and how they sing together, because one is perched away from the microphones, and the other sounds like it’s right on top of the microphone. The song is always started by the distant magpie, with the closer magpie joining in to finish the chorus. 1:31:54 The call of the yellow-faced honeyeater, which repeats throughout this whole recording. 1:32:24 The dew drops off the leaves fall onto the ground, and in this case, seem to occasionally hit something metallic! 1:32:40 A willy wagtail scolds in the background, as parrots nip open seeds and the magpie family goes through its repertoire of harmonica impressions. 1:36:38 The day is warming up, and the drips are dripping faster! 1:39:20 These very high pitched "ziiiits" are probably from thornbills, or … some other LBJ (Little Brown Job - birding-slang for a small brown species that is hard to identify). 1:40:50 There goes a wood duck! 1:42:10 The "chuck-chuck-chuck-chuck" call of a red wattlebird. 1:44:12 The little chatterbox call of the Australasian grebe, a tiny waterbird that loves dams like this, where there are areas of tall reeds with open water next door - the best of both worlds! 1:48:06 A rosella is chomping seeds and calling very close to the microphone here. You can hear the multi-tonal qualities of its voice. 1:51:57 Underneath a raucous sulphur-crested cockatoo call there is a sweet descending whistle of a white-throated gerygone (pronounced jeh-RIH-go-knee). 1:52:35 After the raucous cockies, this sounds like corellas chattering. They are both big white parrots, but the corellas do not have a crest, are smaller and have coloured skin around their eyes. 1:57:04 A black-faced cuckoo-shrike calls to its mate. This is a splendid little grey bird with a black mask, which is actually relatively common across all of Australia, though few people could recognise it. It's probably here in this patch of bushland because it borders farmland - they seem to like that semi-open sort of place to live. 1:59:00 The gerygone continues to call, along with a scolding willie wagtail and in the far distance, currawongs ring in the morning.

As an Aussie living in Japan, I miss these sounds a lot. The magpies are really what aussie mornings sound like

I love how collectively, us who are Australian, now living somewhere else in the world have come to listen to this... feeling nostalgic, and quite frankly, just missing home... I can't explain my yearning, but I have to return.

Sounds like waking up before everyone else on a camp

Non aussies will question how this is relaxing, to us this is pure peace at its core

Thank you so much (from an Aussie living in the USA) missing these familiar sounds so much!

Australian 🇦🇺 in. Japan 🇯🇵 we have different birds I miss my homeland bird sounds Thanks for the recording

did not expect to see so many other australians who live elsewhere coming here! such incredible sounds that i miss dearly in the US

I can't adequately describe how much these sound files are helping me at work. They are perfect and when the work noise gets too clustered and flustered I take my hands off the keyboard, listen more deeply and imagine sitting there. Even if it's only for a few seconds it is a beautiful respite amongst my otherwise not so joyous reality. It even brings a few tears sometimes, imagining being in this beauty, quiet, peace, wide spaces far from the city hustle where I am. I can stop, and remind myself that despite where I am right now at the very same time these sounds and movements are ACTUALLY happening out there. And, I can be there too. Thank you Ann and the ABC. You have my heart and deep gratitude.

I am French and I lived 2 years in Australia. Last night I watched an Australian movie, the sounds I heard took me back 5 years. They made me realize how much I miss Australia so much. The sound of birds in Australia is second to none, by far the most soothing and varied in the world in my opinion. I want to live in Australia...

I'm in Northern Canada, it's -25C, and there's very few birds, so to hear the sounds of my home country is precious to me, so thank you very much for these recordings. I listen to them regularly and often have the night ones playing when I go to bed.

This makes me appreciate Australia so much and the beautiful native birds that we have. This sound reminds me of hot summer mornings and going to primary school. The smell of gum trees, and sun screen, walking on a rocky/gravel type walkway to get to the trees. I miss those days

As a Dutch Australian I lived in the centralian outback for 12 years before moving back to Holland. These sounds immediately bring me back to camping out bush and waking up at the crack of dawn hearing these birds. Thank you for uploaden. I have ADHD and use this to meditate and relax.

Thank you, going to sleep in Canada - minus 30C outside - and missing the sounds of Australiian birds, this is beautiful.

Lovely morning! A virtual birding tour of Australia is definitely the kind of experience I need right now!!! (So sick of the news) The sounds of birds going about the business of breakfast is a rich unfolding story and your description pulls me in deeper! I will return👍😋 I have past these recordings on to my brother who uses them to help him sleep. THANKS AGAIN Anne😃

Thank you for these. I'm a dual citizen us/aussie and am desperately home sick. Miss my family, the waves, the mountains, the wildlife and the people. This helps me so much. Fell asleep to it and woke up with tears in my eyes

Oooh! Nice work, Ann! So let's see what we have here... I don't notice any cuckoos, so I assume this is probably a late summer or autumn recording. There's a lot going on, so I'll probably miss some! :D 00:01 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Grey Fantail, Magpie-Lark, Australian Magpie 00:05 Crimson Rosella 00:06 Yellow-faced Honeyeater 00:08 Superb Fairywren 00:18 White-browed Scrubwren 00:15 Noisy Friarbird 00:29 Rufous Whistler 01:00 Australian Wood Duck 01:07 Brown Thornbill 01:24 Striated Thornbill 02:34 Willie Wagtail (quite distant) 02:40 White-throated Treecreeper 02:58 Red Wattlebird 04:58 Laughing Kookaburra (? distant!) 05:55 Spotted Pardalote (quite soft and distant) 06:26 Scarlet Robin (very soft and distant) 07:06 Little Raven (distant) 08:05 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (distant but they get slightly closer) 09:03 (having a mental blank with that one - I'm thinking, owing to the repetition, it's White-browed Scrubwren) 09:39 (quite a lot of Yellow-faced Honeyeater activity from here!) So that's 21+ species in the first 10 minutes - nice! And that's excluding "Red Junglefowl (domestic type)"! ;)

I work in a Nursery room with little ones from 6 weeks to 2 years. We listen to this most of the day! It’s so peaceful and relaxing 💕

How VERY brilliant is this??!!! The annotation log is fantastic … THANK YOU !

Aussie living in the UK here. Massive thanks for this video -- native birds sounds are the thing I'm most homesick for when I'm away. Automatically one of my favourite videos!

I've been listening to ambient sounds when I am working from home for white noise. Usually I listen to wintery rain or a fireplace, but when its bright and sunny I prefer something else. I's so glad to find something familiar and heartwarming, nothing beats the thrumming heartbeat sounds of Australian bush sounds.

Thankyou so, so much for these! The beautiful, peacefulness you manage to find is enough. Though the stories you weave are a happy little bonus I really enjoy.

This soundscape is very relaxing and makes me feel very connected to nature and the outdoors. There's a lot of birdsong and calls that's fun and challenging to identify too. Great job Ann on the recording!

Add me in to the pile of Aussies that live elsewhere that are missing Aus. I'm only across the ditch in New Zealand but I feel almost a while world away from the Australian life. Missing the wildlife! (not the spiders and snakes)

My australian cockatiel bird loves to hear songs from his native land, the southern hemisphere is truly unique and different from the northen one

Ann, thank you SO much for this pristine recording. Thoroughly satisfying, relaxing and inspiring. Appreciate your efforts and artistry very much ;-)

Thank you for these beautiful recordings. Living abroad in the USA, I really miss the sounds of the bush, especially the Maggies in the morning. I am instantly calmed by the sounds, even the rooster ;-)

J'ai fait 3 voyages en Australie, 3x 6 mois, je suis tombé amoureux de ce pays. Chaque fois dans le queensland, région de Cairns et Cooktown. J'aurais aimé y rester pour y vivre.

I love the bush sounds so much. It reminds of me living in Australia. Thank you for sharing the beautiful sounds to us!

I love this and I'm putting it in some electronic music I'm writing to show the world of Australia's lovely nature.

Miss Australia🇦🇺 so badly 😭 Thanks to ABC post the Aussie birds🐦 sound on youtube ❤️👍

Love these! When you can’t get outside for whatever reason, and for long periods of time, this is the next best thing to recreating “that feeling”. Thanks!

Ann Jones thankyou!! :) the recording is simply wonderful and the text adds even more

thank you so much for the recording and annotations! making lockdown in Melbourne a bit more serene, as I’m really missing home in regional vic :)

i got budgies recently and they're a little shy still, playing this encourages them to play and sing instead of be frightened!

I love hearing this in the morning, best stuff to wake up to.

I miss Australia so much even though I wasn't born there I lived in Australia 13 years thankyou so much I right back there in the bush with the magpies ❤

Originally from Iceland, I used to live in Australia for many years and I am so grateful that I can still put Philip Adams on my speaker whenever I like and also listen to the beautiful native birdsongs that always brings my mind back to the rainforests and is my favorite place of calm. Thank you very much for this upload, it is much appreciated🙏

A friendly helloòoo from, Romania , i live in Australia Sydney and Perth, at the moment just live temporary in Romania. The sounds of birds and the nature, is beautiful, perfect, and enjoyble to listen and watch from everywhere on this earth. I do miss the sound of australian birds , magpie, gallah, kookabarra Thank you for this beautiful video clip

I just got up and listening to these sounds makes me want to return to bed and listen to them until I nod off again. Such a rich combination of natural wild bird sounds (and a rooster crowing in the background!

If there's one thing Australia has in spades it's birds. 🥰

so wonderful and peaceful nature sounds and great view, congrats

Beautitful Sounds!….I’m Living In Cardwell NQLD!..I’ve Got Kerlews Screaming Out Thru The Nite!…Among Heaps Of Other Birds & I Wouldn’t Change It 4 The World!

I’m a Japanese who lived and love Aussie nature for 10 years. Back in Japan, missing those sounds a lot all the time. They make me peaceful and fill me with joy.

As an Aussie living in the US, thank you 🧡

Missing these sounds so much.. :(

what microphones were used here and do microphones such as these eliminate wind noise when there is such an unwanted sound?

With all his heart he wished you a life full of peace and happiness, may God bless all of your family. 

It's like a bach symphony by the birds

Good old days,miss Australia.

aussie birds' calls have such a distinctive sound I think, magpies, kookaburras, parrokeets, gallahs... and these are only the ones I can name 😅 there's so many more, their calls sound so interesting, they're so musical... cool :)

Anne, & ABC, thank you so much, this is delightful. Really grat3ful for your efforts in bringing it to us all, & for the identifications & descriptions. 👍💕

I'm an Aussie living in Ontario and goddamn it's so quiet here (apart from cars and such) Goddamn I miss home so much 😢

I love it ❤️❤️ no matter where I am I close my eyes and I am back in the bush landscape that was childhood. Many thanks for this beautiful gift. 🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕

my cockateils love this...I live in a flat by the sea and so cannot let them out as seagulls here are murderous. Please put up as much wild cockateil sounds and nature from their native habitat for them to enjoy. Too too much domestic cockateil stuff on RU-vid.

does anyone know the name of the bird at the start 1:12 its so distinctly Australian it feels weird. as soon as you hear that you know its australia

wonderful!!

It’s either listening to ambulance or police cars or goons driving too fast or neighbours arguing or the general noise around where I live…….. or this. I know what I want to listen to

You need to live near the bush and river or lake to hear this and that s what is expensive But beautiful I'm in Australia and because of the loud exhausts and road noise I have my earphones in and I'm listening to the birds

I was missing Australian birds sounds from my childhood. Thank you so much for that wonderful soundtrack

This makes me miss camping. Can't wait for iso to finish.

Can anyone tell me which bird lets out the two short, distinct chirps at 51:31? Much appreciated

I’m British and gosh damn those birds at the beginning sound like aliens! Never heard anything like it!

I left Australia 5 years ago and the complications of life haven't let me come home for a visit since I left. Listening to this video does something to me I can't quite explain, it alleviates anxieties I didn't even know I had. I'm booked to finally come back for a visit later this year. I can't wait to see my home again.

As an Australian living in Arizona USA , I miss these bird sounds so much! Peaceful, perfect. BLISS✨✨✨

Moved to America on deployment, only been here 4 months and I miss the sounds of birds, I live near a city and I rarely hear birds anymore, something I didn’t know I would miss.

As a Swedish bloke, that have been in Australia many times and lived there for a short while, this is in my heart!

Listening while at work in the city Lucky enough to live near a huge reserve so at home I hear Kookas, cockatoos, maggies and lots of other birds. At night its frogs, owls and crickets.

I really appreciate thse recordings. I work with nature connection for myself and with my clients and this is a wonderful resource.

Hi, is there any way to get these (Nature Tracks) as an mp3 download? I'd like to get them on my mum's mp3 player to lull her to sleep. Being videos, if I play these the screen will be on and although it's not moving, the backlight will be on and be a distraction to sleep (not to mention a drain on battery life).

Love it. I'm living in Leiden and all I'm hearing is drunken revelry on Kings Day 🙃

I went to cairns almost 7 years ago and I miss the sounds of birds, fresh smell and beautiful stars. I really want to visit there again.

This is the ONLY benefit of waking up early in the morning on a cold winter's day. You feel that cold air hit you in the face like a stockwhip upon a horse and you listen to the sounds of birds in Australia

Wonderful! I know it’s morning there but I’m using this to fall asleep to....wonderful magpie white noise! Thank you

Something to play for pet birds that are native to Australia (budgies, cockatiels, etc.)

My new favourite video on the internet 🥺 Might be a morning ritual now. Another Aussie in canada

Wonderful, except that bloody rooster in the background

Magical sounds. Thanks for sharing Ann and thanks for the inspirational and detailed notes.

Australia is definitely where I want to spend the rest of my life! I cannot wait to be done with school and move there

Moved to NZ at the beginning of the year, and it's certainly more of an adjustment than I had thought. I can't believe how many sounds I recognize. Hopefully I can come home before too long...

great stuff!

I’m another coming here for the wonderful early morning country sounds . Greetings from Malta

How beautiful! Bugger it! Im goin camping!

Beauty! Nice one .Im going to subscribe and book mark this one to keep my lutino cockatiel happy while I manage to catch a good nap!

as Indonesian I'm really miss these sounds morning birds alots

beautiful i live in the forest of dean but my great grandfather i never met was australian

My budgies here in Germany approve of this

Danke für diesen wunderschönen Sound. From an Aussie living in Deutschland

💛 music to my ears ✨🕊

Love these sounds, I'm from Canberra and it's pretty much the sounds I wake up to every morning, the birds are usually looking through the window inquiring about their morning tea :D

Beautiful! Magic! I applaud you, and your choir.

53:16 sounds like a little bird, please someone tell me what it is!!

Aussie in Canada here, so thankful for this video.

Thank you for this beautiful video it really helps me sleep

Both the cause and the cure for my homesickness

Love this video, i listen to it just before i sleep ♥️👍👌

i can hear a rooster in the background

My pet Magpie loves this

I’m homesick right now x

This is absolutely brilliant . Well done and also the awesome photo with the reflection from the water . Magnificent . Thank you .