Bird Dreaming
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Bonus MP3 [4:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (177)Here’s a little more of Australia in 2004. Something I tried to do every day. We’d be tired and cold, and just want one more hour to sleep, but the birds would start singing loudly just before dawn. Some of the people around me put their pillows over their heads and went back to sleep. I often wanted to do the same, but I forced myself to get up and listen. It was my way of honoring this land and getting to know it as a place in the short time we had together.
Today, I am so glad I made this recording of the birds singing. I still think the crows have an Aussie accent. I know there were magpies around, and a mated pair of beautiful green parrots of some sort. And there was a little bird that looked a lot like a quail, only with the wrong colors. I don’t know all the other voices, but hearing them is still a form of sustenance.
Robert Croma asked if there is more from Australia. I’m actively looking for a few videos I remember making. I’m not sure if they are on tape, or already waiting my attention on a hard drive here in my office. But the travelogue I wrote with my mom still exists: Dreaming Down Under. And so do two photo galleries, one from 2004 and one from 2005.
December 29th, 2007 at 5:27 am
Heaven is a dawn chorus (I’m a big bird lover, you see). That was bliss. And so exotic. The brilliant thing is you actually felt compelled to record it. A true artist/vlogger. And now all these years later I can hear it. Thank you.
December 29th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this. I absolutely love birds. What a beautiful way to wake up each morning.