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Northwest SoundscapesWood Duck, Male Squeals (AMNS126680)A short representative sample of Wood Duck recordings. Wood Ducks, Aix sponsa, are common ducks of swamps, marshes, and other riparian habitats in North America. Being the only duck to nest in tree cavities, they depends on the holes drilled by Pileated Woodpeckers, linking the survival of the woodpecker to the success of the duck to best and breed.
Noisy and loud, females have multiple calls but their signature all-purpose contact call "ooo-eek" is the most familiar, and once heard it's hard to forget..
These birds are low-flyers and often the last to return home at dusk after a day...2025-01-2500 minNorthwest SoundscapesWood Duck, Female Contact Calls 01 (AMNS163145)A short representative sample of Wood Duck recordings. Wood Ducks, Aix sponsa, are common ducks of swamps, marshes, and other riparian habitats in North America. Being the only duck to nest in tree cavities, they depends on the holes drilled by Pileated Woodpeckers, linking the survival of the woodpecker to the success of the duck to best and breed.
Noisy and loud, females have multiple calls but their signature all-purpose contact call "ooo-eek" is the most familiar, and once heard it's hard to forget..
These birds are low-flyers and often the last to return home at dusk after a day...2025-01-2502 minNorthwest SoundscapesWood Duck, Female Flight Calls (AMNS387156)A short representative sample of Wood Duck recordings. Wood Ducks, Aix sponsa, are common ducks of swamps, marshes, and other riparian habitats in North America. Being the only duck to nest in tree cavities, they depends on the holes drilled by Pileated Woodpeckers, linking the survival of the woodpecker to the success of the duck to best and breed.
Noisy and loud, females have multiple calls but their signature all-purpose contact call "ooo-eek" is the most familiar, and once heard it's hard to forget..
These birds are low-flyers and often the last to return home at dusk after a day...2025-01-2500 minNorthwest SoundscapesWood Duck, Female Advertisement Calls (AMNS730521)A short representative sample of Wood Duck recordings. Wood Ducks, Aix sponsa, are common ducks of swamps, marshes, and other riparian habitats in North America. Being the only duck to nest in tree cavities, they depends on the holes drilled by Pileated Woodpeckers, linking the survival of the woodpecker to the success of the duck to best and breed.
Noisy and loud, females have multiple calls but their signature all-purpose contact call "ooo-eek" is the most familiar, and once heard it's hard to forget..
These birds are low-flyers and often the last to return home at dusk after a day...2025-01-2502 min
Northwest SoundscapesSpotted Towhee 01Spotted Towhee 01 by Andy "soundeziner" Martin2025-01-2201 min
Northwest SoundscapesCommon Nighthawk Courtship DisplayCommon Nighthawks, Chordeiles minor, circle around in long, swirling loops when courting mates. They call repeatedly with a nasal "peent", interrupted occasionally by a short dive, tucking their wings in to create a spectacular "boom" as the air rushes through their feathers. Being a largely crepuscular behavior, it is more often heard rather than seen. It much of rural North America this is a twilight sound of early Dawn and late Dusk.
In one of my favorite places to record, the arid Seep Lakes of Central Washington, the Nighthawks cruise low, often below the lips of the coulees that dot...2025-01-1305 min
Northwest SoundscapesAMBLake - Spring Bayley Lake Raven, Croaks, Beeps, Wing Flaps WIPAMBLake - Spring Bayley Lake Raven, Croaks, Beeps, Wing Flaps WIP by Andy "soundeziner" Martin2025-01-0812 min
Northwest SoundscapesBayley Lake Dawning WIPBayley Lake Dawning WIP by Andy "soundeziner" Martin2025-01-0855 min
Northwest SoundscapesSwampy Frog Neighborhood, LouisianaCompulsion Games sent me into Southern swamps and wilderness to record swamp ambiences, insects, frogs, and birds for their upcoming game South of Midnight. This is just a taste of what I got to listen to...
Diverse, constant midnight frog voices dominated by the chuckling-quack of Southern Leopard Frogs and creaking ratchet of Cajun Chorus Frogs with background Spring Peepers.
Amazingly, this is just an excerpt from a 10 hour non-stop giggling frog fest.2024-09-2332 min
Northwest SoundscapesVeeryVeery, Catharus Fuscescens
Another LBB Thrush: Little Brown Bird
Like the Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, and Wood Thrush, a Veery's drab brown appearance in no way prepares you for the traditional Thrushy flutiness of its song. A down-turned, slightly depressed song in comparison to the raw beauty of a Swainson's or haunting loneliness of the Hermit and Wood Thrushes, the Veery nonetheless weaves a complex tapestry of beauty.
Cleaned for example and raw source included from a parabolic original
image credit: "grive fauve, veery, zorzal rojizo" by Mark Connolly is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons...2024-08-2304 min
Northwest SoundscapesRed-eyed VireoRed-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus
A common breeding songbird in the woodlands of eastern North America, but found throughout the Pacific Northwest.
This delightful little friend was recorded on Summer Solstice, 2024, in Sinlahekin Valley in the Okanogan high country of Washington State in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Cleaned and original parabolic source
Image credit: "Red-eyed Vireo" by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-08-2302 min
Northwest SoundscapesLazuli Bunting on Summer SolsticeAppropriately named after the brilliant gemstone Lapis Lazuli, the Lazuli Bunting is a persistent singer throughout it's range during breeding season.
Each male has its own distinct song, usually "crystalized" around two years of age. During their first hatching season, young males may babble experimental notes, but they do not learn from their fathers. Instead, they copy and interpret snippets of song from other adult males beginning their second season, developing their own unique phenology. This crystalizes into a single song unique to that male but part of a "song neighborhood" with other males hatched and fledged in the same...2024-08-0406 min
Northwest SoundscapesLazuli Bunting on Summer SolsticeAppropriately named after the brilliant gemstone Lapis Lazuli, the Lazuli Bunting is a persistent singer throughout it's range during breeding season.
Each male has its own distinct song, usually "crystalized" around two years of age. During their first hatching season, young males may babble experimental notes, but they do not learn from their fathers. Instead, they copy and interpret snippets of song from other adult males beginning their second season, developing their own unique phenology. This crystalizes into a single song unique to that male but part of a "song neighborhood" with other males hatched and fledged in the same...2024-08-0407 min
Northwest SoundscapesEastern Narrow-mouthed ToadsEastern Narrowmouth Toads, Gastrophryne carolinensis
small pod in a dense Louisiana swamp, emitting cute little whines as they search for one another during mating season, 2022-04-14
crickets, birds, and pig frogs in background, stereo decoded form double mid-side original
photo is original, on location2024-07-1003 min
Northwest SoundscapesCanyon Wren, Catherpes mexicanusCanyon Wren, Catherpes mexicanus, 3 performed songs, singing from top of cliff, parabolic single-species recording, timing condensed, but natural pace, rhythm, and dynamics maintained, clean processed for clarity, family: Wrens2024-06-0400 min
Northwest SoundscapesGolden Mantled Howlers at DawnI got to spend December 2023 recording in several jungle locations in Costa Rica. The experience was wonderful and inspiring. Most of the trip was spent on Osa Peninsula, in lodges that bordered Parque Nacional Corcovado (Corcovado National Park). With nearly 2.5% of the world's species represented, many of them endemic, it is recognized as one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet.
On the same morning as the previous Midnight Chorus recording https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/cr-fincasueno-midnightchorus, a troop of Golden Mantled Howler Monkeys greeted the Dawn and their neighbors (and the rest of the jungle) the only way they...2024-04-231h 22
Northwest SoundscapesCosta Rica Midnight Insect Chorus near CorcavadoI had the pleasure of spending the month of December 2023 recording in a few different jungle locations in Costa Rica. The experience was wonderful and inspiring. Most of the trip was spent on Osa Peninsula, in lodges that bordered Parque Nacional Corcovado (Corcovado National Park).
The peninsula and the park are recognized as one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet, with 2.5% of the world's species represented, many of them endemic.
While the history of the park is fraught with controversy dating back to European colonization, the importance of conservation cannot be understated.
My recordings are filled with wonderful...2024-04-161h 30
Northwest SoundscapesCommon Chlorospingus 01Common Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavopectus
Family Passerellidae
Common Chlorospingus is a chatty bird heard through the cloud forests of Middle America
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04
image credit: "chlorospin des buissons, clorospingo común, common bush tanager, common bush-tanager, common chlorospingus, common tanager finch" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1102 min
Northwest SoundscapesBlack-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops 02Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops - song
(background: Common Chlorospingus)
Family: Turdidae
The tonal, metallic voice of the Black-faced Solitaire is heard in dense montane habitats at higher elevations of Costa Rica
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04
image credit: "black-faced solitaire" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1101 min
Northwest SoundscapesBlack Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus tyrannusBlack Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus, calling from a nearby perch early in the morning of 2023-12-04
Family: Accipitridae
The Black Hawk-Eagle is a frequent soarer in the skies of Neotropical American forests
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica
image credit: "aguililla-negra menor, buse noire, common black hawk, common black-hawk" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1104 min
Northwest SoundscapesSong Wren 01Song Wren, Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Family Troglodytidae
The mechanical, clunky song of the Song Wren, an inhabitant of lowland tropical rainforests of Middle America that is often seen foraging at higher elevations.
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04.
original - "song wren" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1100 min
Northwest SoundscapesScaleCrested PygmyTyrant 02Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus
Family: Tyrannidae
The piecing-voiced Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant ranges in high mountain forests throughout Middle America.
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04.
image credit: "scale-crested pygmy tyrant, scale-crested pygmy-tyrant" by Guy Babineau is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1100 minNorthwest SoundscapesScale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant 01Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus
Family: Tyrannidae
The piecing-voiced Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant ranges in high mountain forests throughout Middle America.
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04.
image credit: "scale-crested pygmy tyrant, scale-crested pygmy-tyrant" by Guy Babineau is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1101 min
Northwest SoundscapesOchraceous Wren song 02Ochraceous Wren, Troglodytes ochraceus
Family: Troglodytidae
Endemic to Costa Rica and Panama, Ochraceous Wrens are often found foraging or singing from mossy trunks and branches
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04.
"ochraceous wren" by Malo Ramírez is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1101 min
Northwest SoundscapesLineated Foliage-gleaner duetLineated Foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla subalaris
Duet
Lineated Foliage-gleaners are more likely heard than seen in the dense undergrowth of higher elevation cloud forests of Costa Rica.
Family Furnariidae
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04.
"buff-browed foliage-gleaner" by Diego Carús is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1102 minNorthwest SoundscapesCommon Chlorospingus 03Common Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavopectus
Family Passerellidae
Common Chlorospingus is a chatty bird heard through the cloud forests of Middle America
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04
image credit: "chlorospin des buissons, clorospingo común, common bush tanager, common bush-tanager, common chlorospingus, common tanager finch" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1100 minNorthwest SoundscapesCommon Chlorospingus 02Common Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavopectus
Family Passerellidae
Common Chlorospingus is a chatty bird heard through the cloud forests of Middle America
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04
image credit: "chlorospin des buissons, clorospingo común, common bush tanager, common bush-tanager, common chlorospingus, common tanager finch" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1100 minNorthwest SoundscapesBlack-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops 01Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops - song
(background: Common Chlorospingus)
Family: Turdidae
The tonal, metallic voice of the Black-faced Solitaire is heard in dense montane habitats at higher elevations of Costa Rica.
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica on the morning of 2023-12-04
image credit: "black-faced solitaire" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1100 min
Northwest SoundscapesSpectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillataSpectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
calling from a nearby perch in the pre-Dawn Astronomical Twilight of 2023-12-04
Family: Strigidae
The softly pulsating song of the Spectacled Owl is a common voice in the nighttime chorus of Neotropical forests throughout Middle America
Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica
image credit: "búho de anteojos, spectacled owl" by Liam Steele is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.2024-03-1105 min
Northwest SoundscapesMantled Howler Monkeys in Corcovado morning twilightMonos Congos, or Mantled Howler Monkeys, waking the jungle in Costa Rica's Parque Nacional Corcovado.
Male Mantled Howlers can be heard from several kilometers away, estimated to be loudest vocalization of any terrestrial mammal. With their distinctive grunt and and calls, they are a defining aspect of the Osa Peninsula's Dawn and Dusk, but they can also be heard throughout the day, generally in response to disturbances.
If I'm being honest, my favorite aspect of the Howler's call isn't the call itself, but those wonderful vocal croaks and creaks between calls. The echoes of the beautiful Cost Rican hardwood primary...2023-12-2120 min
Northwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk herd movementRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0301 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk Bugle in the distanceRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0300 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk BugleRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0300 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk Bugling ChuckleRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0300 min
Northwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk Bull challenge with big clashing fightRoosevelt Elk (aka Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk) bulls challenging for social dominance hours after sunset in late September 2023.
Elk live in a fairly well-defined, yet fluid, social hierarchy. Only the biggest or strongest bulls earn the right to mate, so the competition during the female's estrus season is intense. Bulls earn their harem by exerting dominance over other bulls in their territory, either by driving them off or just scaring them off. When a challenger thinks they have what it takes to become the dominant bull they stray into that bull's territory and issue their challenge. If accepted (and...2023-10-0308 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk Bugle with follow-up ChuckleRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0300 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk Bugle with low chesty roar and some brush movementRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0300 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk Bugle with low chesty roarRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0301 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk Bugle with low chesty roarRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0300 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk Bugle into ChuckleRoosevelt Elk, or Rainforest Elk or Olympic Elk, selected from a brief trip in late September 2023.
Recorded in the Queets and Quinalt Rainforest River Valleys, there's often an unavoidable distant wash of river in the background, so each example is very lightly processed with the unprocessed source immediately following.
I record elk by leaving recorders out in the field where herds are known to migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.
Bugles are multi-toned calls that...2023-10-0300 min
Northwest SoundscapesQueets Rainforest, Vernal Dawn Chorus With FrogsA recent Spring Dawn in the Queets Rainforest inside the Olympic National Park
The air is cool and the light is filtered through a canopy of Sitka Spruce and Douglas Fir, Pacific Chorus Frogs crowded in an ephemeral wet-spot seemingly don't know if it's day or night as they sing around the clock here. The river sounds like a soft pillow in the distance, a dull roar that is more comforting than disturbing, fading away behind a biophonic meditation.
As twilight dawns with First light, local birds join the the chorus with the frog. Varied Thrushes with their nasally mysterious...2023-05-183h 00
Northwest SoundscapesRain, Heavy, Small Drops on Waterlogged VegetationConstant heavy rain with small drops on on vegetation waterlogged with puddles2022-12-2900 min
Northwest SoundscapesRain, Heavy, Small Drops on BroadleafConstant heavy rain with small drops on broadleaf vegetation, mostly Maple2022-12-2900 min
Northwest SoundscapesRain, Heavy, Large Drops on SpruceConstant heavy rain with large drops under a Spruce canopy2022-12-2900 minNorthwest SoundscapesRain, Large Splatty DropsConstant rain with large splatty drops under a vegetative canopy, some wind through the higher canopy above2022-12-2900 min
Northwest SoundscapesRain, Large Drops of BroadleafConstant rain with large drops on broadleaf vegetation, some occasional microphone windscreen thumps may be present2022-12-2900 min
Northwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk 05, clean processed and parabolic sourceROOSEVELT ELK - Olympic National Park's "Rainforest Elk" are the largest surviving species of elk in North America, endemic to the Olympic Peninsula but found up and down the Pacific Northwest coastal regions - bugling male in forest glade - recorded with parabolic - clean processed with source
PHOTO CREDIT: "Roosevelt Elk Bugling-Unknown" by Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.2022-12-0200 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk 03, clean processed and parabolic sourceROOSEVELT ELK - Olympic National Park's "Rainforest Elk" are the largest surviving species of elk in North America, endemic to the Olympic Peninsula but found up and down the Pacific Northwest coastal regions - bugling male in forest glade - recorded with parabolic - clean processed with source
PHOTO CREDIT: "Roosevelt Elk Bugling-Unknown" by Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.2022-12-0200 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk 04, clean processed and parabolic sourceROOSEVELT ELK - Olympic National Park's "Rainforest Elk" are the largest surviving species of elk in North America, endemic to the Olympic Peninsula but found up and down the Pacific Northwest coastal regions - bugling male in forest glade - recorded with parabolic - clean processed with source
PHOTO CREDIT: "Roosevelt Elk Bugling-Unknown" by Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.2022-12-0200 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk 02, clean processed and parabolic sourceROOSEVELT ELK - Olympic National Park's "Rainforest Elk" are the largest surviving species of elk in North America, endemic to the Olympic Peninsula but found up and down the Pacific Northwest coastal regions - bugling male in forest glade - recorded with parabolic - clean processed with source
PHOTO CREDIT: "Roosevelt Elk Bugling-Unknown" by Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.2022-12-0200 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk 01, clean processed and parabolic sourceROOSEVELT ELK - Olympic National Park's "Rainforest Elk" are the largest surviving species of elk in North America, endemic to the Olympic Peninsula but found up and down the Pacific Northwest coastal regions - bugling male in forest glade - recorded with parabolic - clean processed with source
PHOTO CREDIT: "Roosevelt Elk Bugling-Unknown" by Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.2022-12-0200 minNorthwest SoundscapesRoosevelt Elk 06, clean processed and parabolic sourceROOSEVELT ELK - Olympic National Park's "Rainforest Elk" are the largest surviving species of elk in North America, endemic to the Olympic Peninsula but found up and down the Pacific Northwest coastal regions - bugling male in forest glade - recorded with parabolic - clean processed with source
PHOTO CREDIT: "Roosevelt Elk Bugling-Unknown" by Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.2022-12-0200 min
Northwest SoundscapesQueets River Valley Rainforest Dawn with Roosevelt ElkA long soundscape across Dawn in the Queets River Valley rainforest of the Olympic National Park. Starting in Astronomical Twilight, a small herd of Roosevelt Elk walks in from a distance, though a small forest glade, an away towards the Queets River bed.
Early Autumn rainfall and dropping Maple Leaves are the dominant sounds to begin, their pak-pak-spaks are a reminder that time passes, even in the still quiet of a moss-covered forest.
Highway 101 in less than 12 miles away, and distant traffic is funneled up the Valley, showing the difficulty of escaping human-generated sound. This has been mitigated somewhat with...2022-11-301h 57
Northwest SoundscapesCow LoveWhy, no. I don't know how my microphone windscreen got covered by cow spittle overnight. No idea.2022-04-2309 min
Northwest SoundscapesCommon PoorwillCommon Poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, a shy nocturnal singer. I've only heard them from a distance, but every time I manage to get a little bit closer. I'm just so sleepy when they're out....2022-01-1800 min
Northwest SoundscapesWestern Meadowlark, Sturnella neglectaWestern Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta, song, contact calls, and flush, isolated and processed from original, natural pace and rhythm maintained, family: Troupials and Allies
For an example of a male's "roll" call, listen here: https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/western-meadowlark-1
Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, United States
image credit: "933 - WESTERN MEADOWLARK (12-2-10) pena blanca lake, scc, az (1)" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.02021-12-0717 min
Northwest SoundscapesVaried Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, Immature?Birds, Songbird, Thrushes and Allies, Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, song, odd, like warming-up practice, perhaps juvenile, parabolic single-species recording, processed for clarity, natural pace and rhthym maintained
Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States
image credit: Andy Martin, me2021-12-0701 minAvian VoicesBIRDSong Thrushes And Allies - Varied Thrush - ImmatureBirds, Songbird, Thrushes and Allies, Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, song, odd, like warming-up practice, perhaps juvenile, parabolic single-species recording, processed for clarity, natural pace and rhthym maintained
Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States
image credit: Andy Martin, me2021-12-0701 minAvian VoicesBIRDSong Thrushes And Allies - Varied ThrushBirds, Songbird, Thrush and Allies, Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, song, parabolic single-species recording, processed for clarity, natural pace and rhthym maintained
Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States
image credit: Andy Martin, me2021-12-0704 minNorthwest SoundscapesVaried Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, cleanBirds, Songbird, Thrush and Allies, Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, song, parabolic single-species recording, processed for clarity, natural pace and rhthym maintained
Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States
image credit: Andy Martin, me2021-12-0704 min
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Northwest SoundscapesCoulee Dawn, 2020-06-20This lively dawn chorus was recorded in a small pothole coulee in Eastern Washington, one of the numerous Seep Lakes of the Channeled Scablands.
This is the Columbia Plateau, a large basalt flow cut through by the Columbia River. During the last ice age, 10-20 thousand years ago, the ice dam blocking Glacial Lake Missoula collapsed, unleashing one of the largest known ancient mega-floods. This flood, and dozens of smaller floods swept through Washington to the Columbia River. It washed the topsoil off much of the plateau, ripping out chunks of basalt and eroding great channels we call coulees. The...2020-06-2756 min
Northwest SoundscapesLong Swamp, Dusk, 2019-07-16blog: http://soundeziner.com/2020/05/long-swamp-dusk-20190716/
I’ve fallen in love with the Okanogan mountains, the wet meadows, swampy bogs, forests, grassy ridge tops, and more. Most of the naturally quiet locations are difficult to reach from Seattle, but that’s fine by me. It just means more opportunities to record with without interruption.
On the night of 2019-07-17 I camped, once again, near Long Swamp. I’d spent the previous night and Dawn at the Long Swamp Campground (https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/long-swamp-dawn), but this night I found a location further up the drainage with more open water.
There are pl...2020-05-242h 12
Northwest SoundscapesLong Swamp, Dawn, 2019-07-17blog: http://soundeziner.com/2020/05/long-swamp-dawn-20190717/
This is my last Long Swamp post. I promise. From 2019.
As I mentioned in last night's Dusk track, https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/20190716-long-swamp-dusk, I've fallen in love with the mountains of the Okanogan. The wet meadows, swampy bogs, dense forests, deep riparian zones, grassy ridge tops, and more are perfect for finding sonically rich, naturally quiet locations. Most of the special places are difficult to reach from Seattle, but that’s fine by me. It means more opportunities to record with without interruption.
The morning starts crisp, clear, and early, with the first local voice an...2020-05-242h 15
Northwest SoundscapesLong Swamp DawnJust a few miles away and a little farther up the mountains from Thirtymile Meadows (https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/20190714_thirtymiledawn) can be found Long Swamp, a very large, highly biodiverse wetland complex.
Like the wet meadows, swamps in this area form through the collection of meltwater of the preceding winter. Unlike the shallow bowls of the meadows, though, the swamps form in the shallow creased valleys between rising prominences. Sometimes the water drains away into a creek at the end of the of the valley, but they are just as likely to simply seep slowly into the topsoil to re-appear...2020-05-064h 54
Northwest SoundscapesThirtymile DawnThirtymile Meadows is a wet, subalpine meadow high in the Okanogan National Forest. A natural shallow bowl, it collects meltwater from each winter and slowly drains away through innumerable soft tinkling streams. In such a wide open space it can be difficult to know where to point microphones. When I visited in the Summer of 2019 I was never certain where the next morning's dawn chorus would arrive from. Past migrant season there was no consistent resting place for the wildlife every night.
Filled with chipmunks, Hermit Thrushes, Olive-sided Flycatchers, Lincoln's Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, Woodpeckers, Ravens, Clark's Nutcrackers, American Robins, and...2020-05-042h 59
Northwest SoundscapesPacific Chorus Frogs - PodThis small small pod of chorus frogs from the Ozette area of the Olympic National Park occupied the edges of a tiny transient pond no more than 10 feet/ 3 meters across. I can't imagine there are more than a dozen individuals present, not all of them vocalizing. Their sporadic choruses would last no more than a minute at intervals of 10 minutes to an hour apart!
Whenever I hear small pods like this I wonder why the chorus is so short. Is it because they've said all they need to say given the small group? Are tiny populations more sensitive to potential...2019-05-0100 minNorthwest SoundscapesNWSSidetrip, marshy DawnWhat a difference 12 hours makes. In that amount of time, this exact same location will transform from a morning café of Red-Winged Blackbirds, Sparrows, Robins, Squirrels, and distant water run-off wash, into a wall of amphibious sonority: https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/pacific-chorus-frogs-dusk-down2017-03-2005 min
Northwest SoundscapesPacific Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris regilla), dusk, Down-mix stereoDownmixed from a double-mid-side recording. The Pacific Chorus Frogs are out in full-bloom already. If you listen closely, the frogs highlighted in the parabolic track are audible primarily in the left channel. Hear that track here: https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/pacific-chorus-frogs-dusk?in=soundeziner/sets/nws_sidetrips2017-03-2006 min
Northwest SoundscapesPacific Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris regilla), dusk, ParabolicI sat a with a few of my newest tiny friends tonight, letting sing away in my ears through a parabolic reflector. Recorded simultaneously with my usual Double mid-side rig 50 feet away, you can hear these frogs audibly on the left side in in that track here: https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/pacific-chorus-frogs-dusk-down2017-03-2006 min
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Northwest SoundscapesMorning At Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, 2016-06-10Morning At Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, 2016-06-10 by Andy "soundeziner" Martin2016-11-1404 min
Northwest Soundscapespre-Dawn silence near Beckler CreekRecording pre-dawn forest silence can be deceiving. We think nothing's out there, that nothing's awake. After all, our ears confirm it for us don't they?
Little do we know, and little can we tell, but there's a whole world of life up where we can't hear it. In fact, it's a life that' so loud, that our recordings can distort without us even hearing it.
The bat vocalizations in this recording, and YES THERE ARE BAT VOCALIZATIONS IN THIS RECORDING, spike nearly 30db above the ambient background. Check out this little re-mix experiment I did over here to illustrate: https...2015-12-1516 min
Northwest SoundscapesDe Havilland Canada DHC - 3-T Turbo - OtterDe Havilland Canada DHC - 3-T Turbo - Otter by Andy "soundeziner" Martin2015-12-1201 min
Northwest SoundscapesDe Havilland Canada DHC - 3-T Turbo - OtterDe Havilland Canada DHC - 3-T Turbo - Otter by Andy "soundeziner" Martin2015-12-1200 min
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Northwest SoundscapesDe Havilland Canada DHC - 2 BeaverDe Havilland Canada DHC - 2 Beaver by Andy "soundeziner" Martin2015-12-1200 min
Northwest SoundscapesDe Havilland Canada DHC - 2 BeaverDe Havilland Canada DHC - 2 Beaver by Andy "soundeziner" Martin2015-12-1201 minNorthwest Soundscapes48kHz interferencePulled as an example from a personal collection of high-frequency interference recordings made with a Radioshack Telephone mic (I love those little buggers!) via a Sound Devices 702 and Barcus Barry pre-amp.
The original was recorded at 192kHz / 24bit. This example is the source original for https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/48khz_tone_lamp.
The source was a goose-neck lamp at my bedside.
Play this for your dog.2013-12-0300 minNorthwest Soundscapes48kHz interferencePulled as an example from a personal collection of high-frequency interference recordings made with a Radioshack Telephone mic (I love those little buggers!) via a Sound Devices 702 and Barcus Barry pre-amp.
The original was recorded at 192kHz / 24bit. This example was pitched down 4 octaves before being sample rate converted to 48k/16bit. The source was a goose-neck lamp at my bedside.
Check out the original non-varispeed version at https://soundcloud.com/soundeziner/48khz-interference
The high wavering tone you hear was originally between 46kHz and 62kHz. Your dog would love it.2013-12-0300 min