East Asia PhoNographic Mornings #19/25
Each Morning of the World #08
Bayankhongorijn Khukh Nuur lake ~ Mongolia
47°31'0''N 98°30'44''E
« Bayankhongorijn Khukh Nuur »
Patrick Franke
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In 2013 I took part in an expedition to Central Mongolia. I was focussing on
sound recordings to clarify the taxonomic status of some species based on
bioacoustics or even to make first ever recordings.
Amongst other places we went to an alpine area surrounding the lake
Bayankhongorijn Khukh Nuur. As days during expeditions are usually
very packed, time for recordings of the general soundscape or even enjoying
that just by listening is very limited. Thus, this excerpt of an one hour recording
is a rather rare exception.
My aim was to document the soundscape of this particular spot after capturing
vocalisations of most of it's inhabitants discretely. Furthermore this recording
of a sparsely populated habitat should scrutinise Bernie Krauses 'acoustic niche'
theory which is mostly based on data from densely populated habitats.
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Patrick Franke
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Freelance ornithologist and sound recordist based in Berlin, Germany.
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