Dawn in the valley

3. 山谷黎明/Dawn in the valley.  4’50

地点：北京平谷区东部山谷，苏子峪村

时间：2020-2023年

野外录音/旁白：贺文进、张诗野

录音设备：Sound Devices MixPre6ii；Schoeps DMS/ Schoeps Parabolic Dish/ AT-4022/ Sennheiser ME67/48kHz, 24bit

旁白：

在北京东部山区，平谷的苏子峪村是我在春季经常去的地方。以前，我从没有仔细聆听过山谷里的声音，而现在我仿佛带了一副全新的耳朵，山谷里的声音原来如此丰富

在四五月份的春天，山谷里的黎明是最精彩的：在太阳还没出来之前天色开始渐亮的黎明时分，所有的鸟儿都放开歌喉……它们时而呼应，时而合唱，时而自己华彩。我猜，它们一定是在用歌声恭迎太阳的升起。 

Voice-over:

Su-zi-yu Village in Ping Gu, a mountainous area in eastern Beijing, is a place I often visit in spring. Before, I had never carefully listened to the sounds in the valley, but now I seem to have a brand new pair of ears, and the sounds in the valley are so rich

In the spring of April and May, the dawn in the valley is the most exciting: at the dawn when the sky starts to brighten before the sun comes out, all the birds singing  - Pallas’s Leaf Warblers, Plain Laughingthrush, Godlewski’s Bunting, Marsh Tit, Daurian Redstart, Collared Finchbill... They sometimes echo, sometimes sing, and sometimes shine. I guess they must be welcoming the rising sun with their singing

In the valley, the most common songbirds are the Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, Radde’s Warbler, and so on. The Tits are slightly larger in size than the Warblers. They are sturdy and lively, and if there is any movement, they will fly over curiously to see and emit a dense alarm sound; By contrast, slender willow warblers are even harder to find. They constantly dance in the branches or canopies of trees, accompanied by crisp calls. They are energetic and never stay on a single branch for long. The call of the yellow waisted willow warbler can be considered one of the most beautiful songs in the valley