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Night ghosts

Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie, France

A 6-minute field recording by rachid.sadaoui made in Nouméa, New Caledonia on 18 October 2022, in the evening. Soundscape: night soundscapes.

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Night ghosts
5:44CC BY 3.0by rachid.sadaouiInternet Archive
5:44
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Recordist's notes

C'est la tombée de la nuit sur l'îlot Maître, près de Nouméa en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Sur le ponton près des bungalows de l'hôtel Hilton, des petrels appelés aussi Puffins du Pacifique, entonnent leur chants qui ressemblent à des cris de bébés ou des hurlements de fantômes. Entre les mois d'octobre et de juin, c'est la saison de la reproduction. It's nightfall on the Islet Maïtre, near Noumea in New Caledonia. On the pontoon near the Hilton hotel bungalows, petrels also called Pacific Puffins, sing their song which resembles the cries of babies or the howls of ghosts. Between the months of October and June, it is the breeding season.

Written by rachid.sadaoui on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Nouméa is a town of about 93,060 people in South Province, New Caledonia.

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