This is bird known.

Gordon Hampton is a sound recordist who has spent his life capturing the sounds of the natural world.

He's learned to be a deep listener, kind of like a Sonic meditator.

And after a lifetime of traveling the world and listening and recording, he still is amazed by what he hears.

I was recently in a very remote part of the Amazon rainforest,

and I just was taking it all in, and I begin to hear the insect patterns and how they are rhythmic and each rhythm is a different insect,

especially as the light weakens and we make the transition from day into

evening and night. Oh my God and I realize this is the sound of the spinning earth,

that this is actually like a huge clock, It's just so elaborate and so precise that is beyond human invention. Now Gordon wants to help you learn how to start truly listening to the workings of that massive natural clock.

You can get started at birdnote.org

slash sound escapes. For Bird Note I'm Ashley Ahern. This show is made possible by

Jim and Beerta Faulkner of Seattle, the Babylink Foundation, Idi

Ulsh, and the Horizons Foundation. You're