Nature Sound's Podcast

Why have we become so disconnected, How have we become so cold and cruel? I watched mothers and youngsters pushed into a semi circle inside the auction arena trembling and scared, shitting themselves as the auctioneer shouted his numbers and bidding over the loudest distorted PA system imaginable. These animals petrified, were held until the price was met and then ushered back outside while the next family came in. I saw people dressed as cowboys sitting on their arses without one drip of empathy in their body. These animals were terrified and I choked up to the point where I had to get outside and leave. I sobbed in the car park and wondered what the fuck I could do. I have hit a low in my life right now, Too much going on in such a short time yet I feel I need to carry this fight on. I just drove 3 hours back down to Topanah and can't remember the drive.What frustrates me is the total lack of commitment of people to the cause. We have the tools but we have forgotten how to use

I am here to work on a program that creates awareness on animal poaching and the Asian market. The Lion is being poached for its penis, the elephant for the ivory and the Rhino for the horn.I have witnessed many animal abuses around the world and many of them disturb me greatly. Extinction however concerns me more and the Rhino is on the verge of becoming that way unless we look for a solution. less than 20,000 now exist and if present trends continue, this animal will become extinct in 10 years.Maybe farming the horn will keep the species alive?Recordist: Martyn StewartRecorder: Sound Devices 788tMicrophone: MKH 30/40 MSwww.naturesound.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/MartynStewart.RecordistFan pagewww.facebook.com/pages/Naturesoun…43161947?ref=sgm

This is a recording from New Zealand on the south Island at a place called Punakaiki. These amazing underground caves and blow holes spew out these phenomenal sub-sonic booms as the ocean waves travel with incredible force through the caverns and holes. Birds heard in the background are White-fronted tern. This from Wikipedia: The Pancake Rocks are a very popular tourist goal at Dolomite Point south of the main village. The Pancake Rocks are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts though a number of vertical blowholes during high tides. Together with the 'pancake'-layering of the limestone (created by immense pressure on alternating hard and soft layers of marine creatures and plant sediments),[1] these form the main attraction of the area. This is a great recording if you have a woofer in your arsenal! Recording info: Recorder: SD 722 Microphones: Sennheiser MKH-40/30 MS pattern Gitzo traveller Tripod mounted with Rycote windjammers. Time: 05:45 Temp:45f Date: 13-11-2009 Weather: Overcast and

The Yellow-eyed penguin is endangered, with an estimated population of 4,000. It is considered one of the world's rarest penguin species. The main threats include habitat degradation and introduced predators. It may be the most ancient of all living penguins. This is a podcast from Penguin Place on the Otago Peninsula. Recorded with HHB flashmic, Telinga DAT, Sound devices 722 recorder. Recordist: Martyn Stewart. New Zealand, November 2009

The Tui found in New Zealand is one brilliant songster! here is a bird singing before dawn with a variety of clicks, trills, buzzes and hoots. One of the most complicated singers putting it up there with the Oropendolas and cowbirds. Location: New Zealand, Stewart Island. Temp:45f Winds: 2-mph Humidity: 80% Recorded with Sound devices 722 Microphones: MKH 40/30 ms Tripod mounted protected with a rycote windjammer. Recordist: Martyn Stewart No narration

New Zealand 2009. Recorded on the South Island around the beaches of the Otago Peninsula. Rain was falling around 11:00 pm as these wonderful little creatures came home to feed their chicks. The smallest penguin, the little blue penguin is sometimes called the Fairy Penguin. If you wear headphones with this recording you can hear them walking along the trails to their dens. Recorded with: Sound Devices 722 MKH 40/30 microphones Tripod mounted with Rycote windjammer. Original recording done at 44.1k 24 bit Weather overcast Temp 54f Humidity 81% Recordist Martyn Stewart

The cayman islands are the "British" West Indies. This podcast is without narration this time. Taken from Little Cayman, this soundscape was in the middle of a tropical thunderstorm. The microphones were left on a coral beach. The waves crash onto the beach and thunder crashes in the background. You may hear West Indian Whistling ducks fly past the microphones towards the end. Little Cayman is a recordists dream, very few people inhabit the island. Recorded with Sound Devices 788t and 2 sets of MKH 40/30 microphones recorded in an MS pattern. Recordist Martyn Stewart

Today we are taking you to Queensland, Australia to a rainforest. we are at the chambers wildlife area at Lake Echam in the Atherton Tablelands. I'm going to introduce you to a pademelon, NO it's not an irish fruit but a small forest kangaroo. Pademelens browse on the grass in rainforest clearings usually in groups. Pademelons are mainly nocturnal so it's a delight to be able to witness these amazing animals in an open area close to one of the main lodges that John Chambers provides. Why are animals nocturnal? Well why not! We as mammals mainly function by day because as top predators, we have very little to hide from but most Australian mammals are potential meals for something else so it is to their advantage that mammals like Pademelons function under the cover of darkness when many predator birds and reptiles are asleep. Many thanks to Roo Stewart for the questions. To go to John chambers site visit http://rainforest-australia.com/

Why Do We Fear Bears? Attacks are rare and excessive warnings about them create unnecessary fear. Balanced and factual information about bears is hard to find.

All gods creatures have a place in the choir, including the world WE live in.

It is December and Today I'm taking you to the Skagit flats, about 60 miles north of Seattle in Washington state. The Skagit flats is one of Americas best winter birding destinations and one of the American birding associations "important birding areas.

Its time for another podcast from naturesound but this time we are switching species. Most of my recordings are of birds, mainly because they are the most visual and vocal but one particular species is usually found in most of my recordings, Insects.... Insects (Class Insecta) are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals on the Earth, with over a million described species more than double the number of all other living organisms combined. [1] Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a small number of species occur in the oceans where crustaceans tend to predominate instead. There are approximately 5,000 dragonfly species, 2,000 praying mantis, 20,000 grasshopper, 170,000 butterfly and moth, 120,000 fly, 82,000 true bug, 360,000 beetle, and 110,000 bee, wasp and ant species described to date. Estimates of the total number of current species, including those not yet known to science, range from two million to fifty million, with newer studies

Let us take you to the Grand Island, Crane meadows to hear the spectacular Sandhill Cranes and then up north to the Calamus outfitter ranch to hear a "Bar room brawl" staring the Great-Prairie Chicken. more information at www.naturesound.org ENJOY

Here we have a trip around the world starting in the USA and ending up in Australia, no traveling involved by you so don't pack your suitcase just yet, enjoy the sounds of Mexico, South America, South Africa, the UK and Sri Lanka. Australia sets the scene for the finale.

Fantastic book from  mountaineers books, photos by Subhankar Banerjee and others. there is a 60 minute CD with my sounds recorded from the refuge included. more info visit http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=675  Or  http://www.naturesound.org    

NEW Birdsongs of the Pacific Northwest 165 bird songs on numbered tracks listed on the CD front · CD tracks correspond to numbered species descriptions in the guidebook · Field guide provides color illustrations of each bird species · Hard case package with removable softbound guidebook and CD (CD secured in resealable plastic pouch)

My friend the starling would like to say "be easy on me" This is a short podcast defending this magnificent bird from back home.

The Yucatan Peninsula and the affect hurricanes coupled with global warming have on migratory birds. Here is Antonio Cellis, a bunch of birds recorded in Redmond, WA, and a soundscape from the Yucatan.

Will the threat of drilling ever go away? Unless we make this place a "class 1" wilderness it won't. Should we stand up for what we believe or let big money oil companies dictate to us what we can and can't have? Bird sounds from the refuge at Sunset Pass and Andy Keller join this podcast from the refuge. Listen to Jaegers and Longspurs with the odd Loon thrown in for good measure.....  

BluethroatLuscinia svecicaAKA: Red-spotted bluethroat, White-spotted bluethroat, A small robin-like bird, the male is unmistakable in spring with his bright blue throat, bordered below with bands of black, white and chestnut. Its central throat spot can be white or chestnut. They can be quite secretive, flicking into the cover of a bush with a flash of their chestnut tail patches.