Gondwanan Forest Awakens by Big Scrub Sounds published on 2020-01-27T21:53:10Z Night gently transitioning to day in the misty World Heritage Listed Gondwana rainforest amongst ancient Antarctic Beeches. On this January morning the subdued dawn light of the cloudy mountain top meant that the night shift of insects, cicadas and frogs continued well after the day shift begins at first light. For most of the year Eastern Yellow Robin leads the chorus but it is silent or absent on this morning. The frog calling is the "Pouched", "Marsupial" or "Hip-Pocket" frog, Assa darlingtonii, named for the brood pouches on the males, where the tadpoles travel to after hatching. (Thanks Jeremy).White-throated treecreeper is first followed at 4:30 by Alberts Lyrebird calling a little tentatively out of breeding season. Other species in this recording include Lewins Honeyeater, Brown Cuckoo Dove, Satin Bowerbird, Yellow-throated Scrubwren, White-Browed Scrubwren, King Parrot, Crimson Rosella, Bassian Thrush, Grey Shrike-thrush, Grey Fantail, Green Catbird, and the Eastern Whipbirds are feeding in pairs with an adult and a juvenile together. The recording begins 5 minutes before first light and continues till five minutes after dawn. Altitude 1140m ASL. Sennheiser MKH8020 in Iso-Binaural Stereo, SD702. Genre Ambient Comment by Lovelljan Now after listening to some of your other recordings, I see (hear) this is truly how the birds sound.This is funny as it is how some of my own recordings of birds sound when I slow down the speed. I did this out of curiosity, thinking that perhaps this is how dinosaurs may have sounded, being related and all. 2020-03-17T17:22:23Z Comment by jeremy hegge nice. reminds me of home. you have veru consistent pouched frog (Assa darlingtoni) calling. so happy these forests havent burnt up.. yet 2020-01-28T23:31:24Z