Geoff Sample on the Pelican
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about birds inspired by their calls, songs and behaviour.
When wildlife sound recordist Geoff Sample was a child, a pelican turned up and lived for a few years on the Coquet estuary near his home in Northumberland. This bird became something of a local celebrity but it wasn't until 60 years later when he visited a lake in northern Greece that Geoff saw pelicans in their hundreds in their natural environment for the first time. Living alongside thousands of cormorants and herons on the lake, they produced an atmospheric soundscape alongside fascinating social behaviour.
Producer : Andrew Dawes for 成人快手 Audio in Bristol
Studio Engineer : Ilse Lademann
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