Dawn Chorus Under a Fig Tree

By Janina Castro

Let’s use sound to transport us to a birding site. This is a long recording you can use for meditation, to escape dull office work, or maybe if you want to practice identifying bird calls.

Note: best to listen to this using headphones 😀

In the cool January morning air, dozens of birds flock to eat the delicate pale pink fruits hanging from a Ficus caulocarpa tree. This particular tree is nestled in the middle of a residential area and you can still hear the deep hum of a nearby highway, dogs barking, and construction happening down the road. Despite all this man-made noise, the birds mind their own business squabbling over the seemingly endless buffet of fresh fig.

There are quite a lot of birds in this recording. I’ve identified when they’re heard in the soundcloud version of this recording, but here’s a list of everything you can hear: