Northwest Soundscapes

Black 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 bl...

Black-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 soli...

Common 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, 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, 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,...

Lineated 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 marke...

Ochraceous 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,...

Scale-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 Babi...

Scale-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 Babi...

Song 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 Tarabo...

Black-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 soli...

Spectacled 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 cred...

Monos 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 r...

Roosevelt 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...

Roosevelt 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...

Roosevelt 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...

Roosevelt 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...

Roosevelt 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 territor...

Roosevelt 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...

Roosevelt 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...

Roosevelt 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...

Roosevelt 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...

Roosevelt 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...

A 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 dis...

Constant heavy rain with small drops on broadleaf vegetation, mostly Maple