Stop and listen!
When people are silent, nature makes itself heard
The Corona pandemic has caused a severe global crisis. The dramatic silencing of human activities that it has caused is also making the voices of nature resound on an unprecedented scale. In this unique situation in the spring of 2020, the idea was born to make the birds’ voices heard.
Your local recordings for the DAWN CHORUS will be mapped worldwide.
They will be included in a scientific database for biodiversity research. From now on, the Dawn Chorus project will take place every year and thus provide important comparative data.
Soundscaping — Science and Art
DAWN CHORUS is a Cooperation between Foundation Arts and Nature und BIOTOPIA Naturkundemuseum Bayern
“A healthy landscape is best seen with the ears.”
Bernie Krause, Soundscaping Pionier, during Masterclass with BIOTOPIA and Foundation Arts and Nature 2019
The world of birds stands out from the soundscapes of nature and is therefore particularly suitable for bio-acoustic research and soundscaping. At the same time, birds are important biodiversity indicators. No other group of animals is researched so extensively on a global scale and thus so precisely reflects the “state of health” of a habitat, i.e. the condition of the other species occurring in an ecosystem, as birds do.
The collected recordings of the dawn chorus can provide valuable information about the diversity of species, the behavior of the birds, as well as the effects of climate change and habitat loss on the populations. Last but not least, they reveal a lot about the effects of the noise of human civilization on the life of the birds.
You can read more about the scientific background of the DAWN CHORUS project here.
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