Danum Valley Borneo - Waiting for the Flying Squirrels

Recorded by John Roach. 

"This is a recording in the early evening at Danum Valley in Sabah in Borneo. Danum is a relatively undisturbed lowland dipterocarp forest. The recorder (a Zoom H2n) was left by the edge of the road as we waited at some distance for the appearance of the flying squirrels. The loud sounds at the beginning are the Rhinoceros Hornbills flying by. Our guide informed us that as the sun went down, the squirrels would appear shortly after the cicadas started to call. He was correct, and what I have edited out of this recording is the very human chorus of AHHHHHHHHHH! As the squirrels sail from one tree to the next."

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