Northwest Soundscapes

Constant heavy rain with small drops on on vegetation waterlogged with puddles

Constant heavy rain with large drops under a Spruce canopy

Constant rain with large drops on broadleaf vegetation, some occasional microphone windscreen thumps may be present

Constant rain with large splatty drops under a vegetative canopy, some wind through the higher canopy above

ROOSEVELT 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...

ROOSEVELT 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...

ROOSEVELT 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...

ROOSEVELT 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...

ROOSEVELT 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...

ROOSEVELT 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...

A 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 t...

Why, no. I don't know how my microphone windscreen got covered by cow spittle overnight. No idea.

Common 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....

Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, one long developing song string, clean processed from original parabolic recording family: Mockingbirds and Thrashers Gray Catbirds are most easily recognizable from their characteristic "mew" like a loud cat, but males are also well known for long, developing song performances that include whistles, squeaks, gurgles, whines, nasal tones, even mimicry of other...

Sage Thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus, four short song strings of repeated motifs, short whistles, glides, mimicry, buzzes and more Like other members of family Mimidae, Brown Thrashers are skilled mimics and song creators with an extremely varied repertoire of more than 1,100 phrases consisting of slides, whistles, gurgles, clicks, and frequent imitations of other birds. If you hear a long seemingl...

Sage Thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus, one long developing song string of repeated motifs, short whistles, glides, mimicry, buzzes and more family: Mockingbirds and Thrashers image credit: "763 - SAGE THRASHER (3-30-07) carrizo plain, slo co, ca (2)" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse."

Dawn chorus in a temperate deciduous forest, from quiet air broken by awakening American Robins through an active soundscape with Pygymy Owls, Ruffed Grouse, Flycatchers, and several Robins close far far, including close flutters, Spring season, stereo downmix mastered from original quad Tree Ears recording Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, United States

Still air in a cool late Spring night in a temperate deciduous forest, quiet air broken only by a calling Barred Owl, Strix varia, echoing through the forest, mastered stereo mixdown from original quad Tree Ears recording with UsiPro for the front and a Clippy EM272 pair for the rear This is a very still, very quiet recording. In person you would not be able to detect even the still air. If you he...

Elk bugling and thunderous sounds of running on packed earth, isolated from Double mid-side soundscape original, multiple herds surround campsite in early morning hours, processed with light noise expansion Recorded in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Untied States

Elk bugles, that most quintessential of elk sounds, isolated from Double mid-side soundscape original, multiple herds surround campsite in early morning hours, processed with light noise expansion Recorded in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Untied States

Post-roar, male elk have a bouncing, settling vocalization that can only be best described as laughing, isolated from Double mid-side soundscape original, multiple herds surround campsite in early morning hours, processed with light noise expansion Recorded in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Untied States

Elk roars, no longer majestic animals of the forest, male elk can seem like frightening beasts of the dark when letting out their full-throated chesty roars, isolated from Double mid-side soundscape original, multiple herds surround campsite in early morning hours, processed with light noise expansion Recorded in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Untied States

, isolated from Double mid-side soundscape original, multiple herds surround campsite in early morning hours, processed with light noise expansion Recorded in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Untied States

Elk Screams, isolated from Double mid-side soundscape original, multiple herds surround campsite in early morning hours, processed with light noise expansion Recorded in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Untied States

Colockum GMU, Kittitas Country, WA, midnight rain in a dry raiparian creek, dry scrub land surrounds Recorded in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest