This is a test of using the MediaElement js plugin to play mp3 audio files without Flash. Will this play on the iPad? Yes, it does! Here is where recording information can be included and styled so that the text is small and colored. Hey, this works quite nicely! Now I wonder if this player [...] Read more »
Test Embed of YouTube Movie
This is a test to see if an embedded youtube video will play on the iPad, which indeed it does: American Woodcock Portrait Views4,044 Read more »
The Fairy Bell Ringer
n her book, "A Sense of Wonder," Rachel Carson pens the following engrossing narrative while describing nocturnal forays in search of singing insects with her adopted son Roger: Read more »
Japanese Burrowing Cricket — A New Singer on the Scene
Now, in 2011, it appears that the Japanese Burrowing Cricket is really on the move. I am hearing them just about everywhere I travel in the mid-Atlantic states. Their songs are distinctive, composed of a rapid series of chirps very reminiscent of a field cricket's song. These rapid series of chirps can go for 6, 8, to 12 repetitions or can go on more-or-less continuously for minutes on end. Read more »
2011 Expedition Update
One thing is now evident: my central focus this year will be on collecting immersive audio recordings for the soundscape series I intend to launch next winter. I am most enthusiastic about spending over a month in the western mountains, starting later in May and extending into July. I will be visiting many new areas [...] Read more »
Join me on Facebook
Here is my rationale for posting about my trip on my Facebook profile, rather than my business page. Read more »
Twittering, Piping, Trilling
Enjoy this brief poem celebrating the leading edge of spring—woodcock, peeper, and screech-owl, gently calling on a cool night. Read more »
Snipewinnow Marsh
Enjoy the rich and varied soundscape of an extensive marshy wetland in Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park. A Common Snipe winnows in flight, a Ruffed Grouse drums from surrounding forest, and a huge variety of songbirds add their voices to the chorus. Read more »
Adirondack Brook
A variety of songbirds sound off next to a small gurgling brook in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York—listen for Northern Parula, White-throated Sparrow, Canada Warbler, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Read more »
Hawk, Robin, and Wren
An American Robin and a Carolina Wren give alarm calls in response to a perched immature Red-tailed Hawk. Listen also for the distant mews of a Gray Squirrel, possibly also calling in alarm. Read more »
Chipmunk Clucks Revisited
Do chipmunks only cluck in response to aerial predators, or do they also give cluck calls when being stalked by house cats or other ground predators? Read more »
Purple Finch Vireo Song
Did you know that in the presence of an aerial predator, the Purple Finch sings a special song that sounds a lot like the song of a vireo? Or at least I think it does! Read more »
