The First Week of Spring

by Andrew Skeoch

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1.	Wrens and Jays 06:20	buy track
2.	The Blackbird Sings 06:06	buy track
3.	Drumming of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 00:46	buy track
4.	Common Cuckoo Heralds the Spring 03:43	buy track
5.	The Blackbird Sings Again 07:27	buy track
6.	European Robin 03:11	buy track
7.	Blue Tit 10:11	buy track
8.	A Distant Krüper's Nuthatch 08:41	buy track
9.	Song of the Coal Tit 12:27	buy track
10.	Common Buzzard, or a Jay Imitating? 08:12	buy track
11.	The Song Thrush Sings 11:46	buy track

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Birdsong tentatively greets the change of seasons, as spring finally arrives after a long European winter.

In woodlands budding with new foliage, the delicate voices of Robin, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Wren, Chaffinch, Nuthatch, Woodpecker, Tits, and an early-calling Cuckoo echo among the trees. Nearby a snowmelt-fed stream tumbles down the hillside.

This is a joyful album of birdsong heralding the new season.

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This recording was made during the first week of April. The snow had only melted a few weeks previously, and the air was still very cold.

It was made in one session, with no editing, so you hear it as it happened. Even though the birds here are mostly common species, they sing beautifully. It was a sunny morning, and they were loving it!

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released April 15, 2012

Recording location:
Kazdagi Milli Parki (Kaz Mountains National Park), North-western Turkey

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Andrew Skeoch Australia

Andrew is a master wildlife field recordist. For over 30 years, he and partner / photographer Sarah Koschak have been documenting the voices of the world's ecosystems and wild creatures. The resulting recordings have been published through their dedicated label: Listening Earth ... more

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