Field Recording: Swamp Boubou

August 25 2015, 1:06 PM. Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. Such massive animals, who can be so thunderous when they find the need, can also be so incredibly quiet. This group approached us and drank from the channel just a few meters away, leaving us in awe. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 27 2015, 6:41 AM. Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. I'd reconciled myself to not having the territorial call of the most iconic predator on tape. We would hear them in the distance often, terrifyingly, but always in the distance, and passing through areas so quickly didn't give much opportunity to plan ahead. My last night, on Chief's Island by Hippo Hide, I heard one briefly, and fell asleep with the mic pointed in its direction. I checked the recording in the morning, and it included this. Some freaked out baboons establish the mood. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 25 2015, 6:11 PM. Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. A crocodile carcass on the floodplain was presumably the result of an encounter with a defensive elephant. Not many animals seemed interested in it apart from a bevy of flies (and us). Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 21st 2015, 2:59 AM. Okavango Delta. Night sounds around my tent including some very small and very large animals. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 15 2015, 7:24 AM. Okavango Delta. Antiphonal call that is ubiquitous in the delta, finally got a reasonably clear recording chasing them around a termite island. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 16 2015, 6:52 AM. Okavango Delta. Beautiful call by this bird couple. Google "antiphonal birdsong". Really wanted to get this recording to send to my partner whom I was missing. She made it her ringtone. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 26 2015, 5:40 AM. Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. One of the many times where I was recording something from inside my tent with no idea what I was hearing. There was much activity in the channel next to me throughout the night, some of it probably not so benign. But the team agreed this is jumping catfish. The breeze through the palms is a definite soundmark of these islands. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 22 2015, 10:19 AM. Okavango Delta. The rhythm of traveling by mekoro with the interplay between water, air, ngashi (pole), and reeds, can be very meditative and beautiful (when there is enough water and clear passage). I don't want to forget this pulse. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 22 2015, 2:53 PM. Okavango Delta. Poling our mekoro past a small termite island, we heard a fuss -- vervet monkeys. Pete and Tom both speculated it was alarm calls for a nearby leopard. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.

August 22 2015, 4:06 PM. Split Island, Okavango Delta. We were inadvertently about to camp between members of a group of elephants on a narrow strip of island. This display (ears, stomping, trumpets) let us know in no uncertain terms that we should leave the passage between them open. Recorded by Brian House (http://brianhouse.net, http://soundcloud.com/brianhouse) for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These sounds are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used for any purpose, but consider linking to our expedition website: http://intotheokavango.org Equipment used: Sound Devices 702 digital recorder with Sennheiser 418 stereo shotgun microphone (M/S). Post-processing in Logic Audio (editing, normalization, EQ, limiter). Format: 96khz 24-bit WAV.