Dawn and dusk in the Amazon rainforest are particularly lush when it comes to biophony, especially by a slow flowing river. The stark contrast between the beauty of birdsong and the shrill urgency of insect calls is never as evident.
The river itself acts as a border and connection for a myriad unseen worlds, a meeting point and boundary for the inhabitants of the rainforest. Contact calls, warning calls, begging calls, scolding calls, alarms - the language of wildlife ebbs and flows with the day/night cycle.
Tying all this together is geophony, the sounds made by slightly more philosophical wildlife - the rainforest itself. Wind in the trees, ripples in the water, branches breaking and falling with deep thuds, fog drip, rain in all its variety, fruit sploshing in the river - there's a rhythm to these too, albeit more subtle and on a different time scale.
On my expeditions to rainforests and other environments I've experienced countless moments like these - transitions from day to night and night to day - and I still find it incredibly exciting. I'm privileged to have had access to these magical places and I hope you can be transported there for a short while through these soundscapes.
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27 авг 2021
