Northwest Soundscapes

Colockum Pass, Naneum Reserve, Kittitas County, WA, rare tunderstorm booms on the eastern slope of Cascade Mountains, dry thunder, 2019-08-10 Edited for time. Thunderstorms are pretty long. Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, WA, United States

Western 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...

Birds, Songbird, Kinglets, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa, calls, parabolic single-species recording, processed for clarity, natural pace and rhythym maintained Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Unister States image credit: "707 - GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET (6-2-2015) franklin co, maine -01" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

Birds, Songbird, Kinglets, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa, songs, parabolic single-species recording, processed for clarity, natural pace and rhythym maintained Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Unister States image credit: "707 - GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET (6-2-2015) franklin co, maine -01" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regulus calendula, song performance with a series of full songs, short songs, and phrases, parabolic single-species recording, clean-processed for clarity and use, natural rhythm, pace, and dynamics maintained, famly Kinglets, Regulidae Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington, Unister States image credit: "708 - RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (2)" by Sloalan is marked...

Spotted Towhee, Pipilo maculatus, parabolic recording, clean-processed for clarity, natural pace and rhythym maintained, family: New World Sparrows Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "860 - SPOTTED TOWHEE (4-4-10) canet road, morro bay, sloc co, ca (4)" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

Brewer's Sparrow, Spizella breweri, long song sequences as performed, parabolic single-species recording, processed for clarity, natural pace and rhythm maintained, family New World Sparrows, characteristic voice of intermountain West Sagebrush steppe environments Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "873 - BREWER'S SPARROW (11-8-2018) socorro co, nm...

Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina, trilling song, single species parabolic recording, single bird performance, natural pace, rhythm, & dynamics maintained, clean processed for clarity, family: New World Sparrows, common voice of intermixed tree-grass open spaces Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "871 - CHIPPING SPARROW (11-18-2015) Patagonia La...

Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, collected song variations, trills, isolated Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "JUNCO, DARK-EYED (9-4-07) -1" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis, collected song variants, isolated and processed from originals These little birds always seem so lonely, perching on a lone field shrub and calling out into the distance over and over and over and over. And over. And over. Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "883 - SAVANNAH SPARROW (3-10-2017) san rafael g...

Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, Song, parabolic recording, clean-processed for clarity, natural pace and rhythym maintained, family: New World Sparrows Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "892 - SONG SPARROW (9-06) attu, ak (6)" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, Songs and Calls, probably an immature bird learning the song or experimenting with variation, parabolic recording, clean-processed for clarity, natural pace and rhthym maintained, family: New World Sparrows Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "897 - WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (1-11-07) nuttalli, canet rd, sl...

White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, long performance with repeated song, parabolic recording, clean-processed for clarity, natural pace, rhthym, and dynamics maintained, family: New World Sparrows Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "897 - WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (1-11-07) nuttalli, canet rd, slo co, ca" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

Common Raven, Corvus corax, collection of non-vocal "mechanical" or primarily non-vocal sounds, clicking tongues, bill snaps, whistling, etc, isolated Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "653 - COMMON RAVEN ca" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

American Robin, Turdus migratorius, morning song, very long sequence, parabolic recording, processed clean for clarity, natural pacing and rhythm maintained, family Thrushes and Allies, order Passeriformes Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "756 - AMERICAN ROBIN (2-2012019) proctor trail, madera canyon, pima co, az -01" by Sloalan is marked with CC...

Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, individual performance, song sequence with an end block of example 8 basic phonemes and variants, isolated from original, natural pace and rhythm maintained Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "745 - HERMIT THRUSH (12-16-2017) lake patagonia, santa cruz co, az -01" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

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, me

Birds, 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, me

Swainson's Thrush, Catharus ustulatus, Thrushes and Allies, long take of a single male Swainson's Thrush singing, natural pace and rhythm maintained, cleanly processed from parabolic recording Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "744 - SWAINSON'S THRUSH (5-8-2016) patagonia lake, santa cruz co, az -01" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

Birds, Crow, Corvids, Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, calls, parabolic single-species recording, processed for clarity, natural pace and rhthym maintained Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "638 - STELLER'S JAY (6-13-2014) del norte co, ca -02" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

Rock Wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, long song sequence, isolated from Double mid-side original, natural pace and rhythm maintained Recorded in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States image credit: "690 - ROCK WREN (11-8-11) 78 circulo montana, patagonia lake ranch estates, scc, az - (7)" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0

I am reuniting with @georgevlad and @trexbeverly to raise money for environmental causes this holiday season. The three of us have a deep love of nature and actively work to conserve natural soundscapes through our field recording. Together, we have raised $13,000 over the years from our annual giveaway contest. We are each donating some of our recordings as a prize to encourage donations. I am do...

I am reuniting with @georgevlad and @trexbeverly to raise money for environmental causes this holiday season. The three of us have a deep love of nature and actively work to conserve natural soundscapes through our field recording. Together, we have raised $13,000 over the years from our annual giveaway contest. We are each donating some of our recordings as a prize to encourage donations. I am do...

12min - 0415am, First Light 12-54 min - 0415-0457, DAWN 54min - 0457am, Sunrise Large wildfires are once again uncontrollably threatening much of the intermountain west in North America. Just 5 miles/ 8 km from the oncoming edge of the Cub Creek fire here in Washington is one of my most favorite places to record anywhere. Thirtymile Meadows is one of the very few places I know of in the continuous...

If you've ever been in a Northern forest and thought you heard some tiny creature maniacally laughing at you, chances are it was the Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa. A hardy yet tiny bird, the Golden-crown Kinglet is found throughout the boreal forest of North America. I happened to record this little fellow on the Olympic Peninsula where they are resident in June of 2021. This is a clean-...