Snow falling softly on a winter night in the Carpathian Mountains, Northern Romania. Recorded with Sound Devices 633 and Sennheiser DMS. More sounds and stories at https://mindful-audio.com

Forest elephant getting a bit too close to my rig, somewhere in Central Gabon. Get more sounds at https://mindful-audio.com.

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Hornbills, turacos and parrots making a racket at a clearing in the forest. Lovely echoes from the treeline.

Elephants are quite vocal when they gather at the mango grove to feed at night. This time they were joined by a newborn who seemed quite lost but fortunately was helped along by its mother and sisters.

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Dusk falls in Mohoba forest as a distant thunderstorm rumbles. The insect chorus is deafening. Turacos, hornbills, parrots and other birds prepare for the night.

Recorded in the Congo Basin Rainforest with a pair of DPA 4061 HDs going into a Sound Devices Mixpre D and a Sony PCM M10. Get more sounds at https://mindful-audio.com

Thunderstorm approaching at Langoue Bai. Thunder and elephant calls bouncing off the edges of the clearing add up to an awe-inspiring and colossal soundscape.

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It's midnight in the remote village of Mohoba, central Gabon. I'm sleeping in a tent on the porch of a local's house, with the D100 on a chair nearby. This is what wakes me up around midnight.

Western Tree Hyrax.

A small group of Wattled Ibis feeding on crags in the Sanetti Plateau.