Lyric sheet:
0.02 Little Grassbird
0.03 Aust Reed-warbler
0.05 Superb Fairy-wren
0.07 White-plumed Honeyeater
0.10 Australasian Bittern
0.14 Little Bittern
0.16 Superb Fairy-wren
0.20 Perons Tree Frog
0.22 Dusky Moorhen
0.24 Superb Fairy-wren
0.34 Little Bittern
0.43 Nankeen Night-heron
0.46 Perons Tree Frog
0.50 Great Egret
0.58 Dusky Moorhen
1.04 Little Bittern
1.14 Superb Fairy-wren
1.17 Perons Tree Frog
1.46 Grey Teal
2.04 Grey Teal
2.45 Australasian Bittern
4.18 Australasian Bittern
4.25 Nankeen Night-heron
5.12 Australian Shelduck
5.40 Australian White Ibis
6.38 Little Bittern
7.49 Grey Teal
8.20 Pink-eared Duck
9.01 Australasian Bittern
10.00 Little Grassbird
10.15 Great Egret
14.30 Grey Shrike-thrush
14.48 Purple Swamphen
15.28 Musk Duck
16.15 Pacific Black Duck
16.46 Australian Raven
about
4am we rose, me armed with microphones and tape reels, the kids each with a belly full of rice bubbles.
We drove from our camp along the Murray to see how the birds at Gulpa had fared
After the break of 15 year drought.
Racing against a rising sun we got there just as light hit.
Just in time to walk the boardwalk and gently sweep aside Orb Weavers.
We heard the birds.
We set our equipment, slinkied away, so that the sound of swatting mozzies would not be captured.
For fifteen minutes we stood in the bush, let tape roll
I answered the barrage of questions from kids on an exciting mission.
We grabbed our tapes, jumped in the car, the kids asleep in 5.
Back to camp we heard the celebration of birds from as far away as Siberia
All revelling in the relief of water
For two weeks, sunrise and sunset, Federation Square was enveloped with the sound of birds from all over the world.
Sound and visuals captured from a family holiday expressed the happiness myself, two children and the birds felt, as water returned to the Barmah-Millewa forest wetlands, after fifteen years of drought.
credits
released August 19, 2011
Lyric sheet:
0.02 Little Grassbird
0.03 Aust Reed-warbler
0.05 Superb Fairy-wren
0.07 White-plumed Honeyeater
0.10 Australasian Bittern
0.14 Little Bittern
0.16 Superb Fairy-wren
0.20 Perons Tree Frog
0.22 Dusky Moorhen
0.24 Superb Fairy-wren
0.34 Little Bittern
0.43 Nankeen Night-heron
0.46 Perons Tree Frog
0.50 Great Egret
0.58 Dusky Moorhen
1.04 Little Bittern
1.14 Superb Fairy-wren
1.17 Perons Tree Frog
1.46 Grey Teal
2.04 Grey Teal
2.45 Australasian Bittern
4.18 Australasian Bittern
4.25 Nankeen Night-heron
5.12 Australian Shelduck
5.40 Australian White Ibis
6.38 Little Bittern
7.49 Grey Teal
8.20 Pink-eared Duck
9.01 Australasian Bittern
10.00 Little Grassbird
10.15 Great Egret
14.30 Grey Shrike-thrush
14.48 Purple Swamphen
15.28 Musk Duck
16.15 Pacific Black Duck
16.46 Australian Raven
credits
from gulpa island birds, track released 11 April 2011
recorded by michael o'dwyer, emel o'dwyer and alex edward using:
- one Nagra E (¼ inch) analogue audio tape recorder
- Sennheiser K6 omnidirectional condenser microphone
Thanks to Jen Sutfin and Chris Tzaros from Birds Australia (www.birdsaustralia.com.au) for helping name the birds.
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