A flock of Canada geese calling as they fly over Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area, Tivoli, NY.

Recorded September 3, 2024 at 6:20 a.m.

Zoom F3 + DPA 4060

Photograph: Don DeBold (CC BY 2.0)

Canada Geese flying overhead - Tivoli Bays, Tivoli, NY

Barred owl duet in the forest of the Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Tivoli, NY.

Recorded August 26, 2024, 8:30 p.m.

Zoom F3 + DPA 4060

Photograph: Ralph Daily (CC BY 2.0)

Barred Owl duet - Tivoli, NY

The ambience inside Richard Serra's sculpture '2000' (2000) at the Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, NY.

Recorded August 10, 2024.

Sound Devices MixPre 6 + DPA 4060

Richard Serra, 2000 (2000) - Beacon, NY

Some beautiful music performed by two musicians on a street-corner in SoHo, until they were stopped by the NYPD.

Recorded September 22, 2023 at 12:15 p.m.

Sound Devices MixPre 6 II + EM172 Clippys

Photograph: Google Maps

Ambient music played by street performers In SoHo - New York, NY

Recorded September 16, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

Sony PCM-D100

Photograph: Daniel Case (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Amtrak train arriving at the platform - Rhinecliff, NY

Pileated Woodpeckers, Mourning Doves, Northern Cardinals, Grackles, Red-wing Blackbirds, American Robins, and many more species make up the morning chorus during the spring in the northeast.

Recorded May 2, 2025.

Sound Devices MixPre 6 + MKH 8040 pair

Morning chorus on Sengstack Ln — Tivoli, NY

Recorded May 2, 2025.

Sound Devices MixPre 6 + MKH 8040 pair

Small waterfall on Stonybrook Rd, Tivoli, NY

Recorded May 4, 2025.

Sound Devices MixPre 6 II + MKH 8042 pair

Steady rain on Washburn Ave, Tivoli, NY

Recorded May 5, 2025

Sennheiser MKH 8040 pair (ORTF) + Sound Devices Mixpre 6 II

Photo by Šarūnas Burdulis, CC BY-SA 2.0

Gray Catbird song - Tivoli, NY

Recorded May 5, 2025

Sennheiser MKH 8040 pair (ORTF) + Sound Devices Mixpre 6 II

Running stream with morning birds, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Tivoli, NY

Running stream in Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-11

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by Dennis Church, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Red-bellied Woodpecker calls - Tivoli Bays, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-11

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by Matthew Paulson, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Common Yellowthroat singing - Sengstack Ln, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-04

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by Howard Patterson, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Orchard Oriole song - Sengstack Ln, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-04

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by Tom Benson, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Red-eyed Vireo singing - Sengstack Ln, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-12

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by Guy Monty, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Scarlet Tanager calls - Tivoli Bays, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-12

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by Michele Dorsey Walfred, CC BY 2.0

Red-bellied Woodpecker calling and drumming - Tivoli Bays, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-04

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by phoca2004, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

American Robin singing - Tivoli, NY

2025-06-11

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by Chad Horwedel, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Red-winged Blackbird calls - Sengstack Ln, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-04

Parabolic dish w/ MKH8020

Photo by Daniel Arndt, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Eastern Kingbird calls - Sengstack Ln, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-18

DIY parabola with MKH8020 + Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo courtesy Doug Greenberg via Flickr, Creative Commons License (Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0)

Northern Mockingbird imitates car alarms and local bird calls - North Rd, Tivoli, NY

2025-06-17

DIY parabola with MKH8020 + Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo courtesy Ana & Victor via Flickr, Creative Commons License (Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0)

Downy Woodpecker calls - Washburn Ave, Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-03

Parabolic dish mounted with Sennheiser MKH 8020 + Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo by cuatrok77, CC BY-SA 2.0

Four Great Blue Herons in flight over the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-03

Parabolic dish mounted with Sennheiser MKH 8020 + Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo by Gene Ellison, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Northern Cardinal singing over the drone of a freight liner on the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-11 06:42:00

DIY Parabola with Sennheiser MKH 8020 into Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo by Amy Evenstad, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Indigo Bunting song over the lapping of the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-11 06:07:00

Sennheiser MKH 8040 (stereo pair in ORTF) + Zoom F3

Southbound Amtrak train passing along the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

Cargo ship travelling north on the Hudson River - Tivoli, NY

The Wood Thrush has such a singular, almost robotic-sounding song, and was one of the first I encountered when I started listening to birds. In this recording two thrushes can be heard, in conversation or competition with one another.

Recorded 2025-07-21 at about 6:30am

DIY parabola mounted with Sennheiser MKH 8020 into Sound Devices MixPre 6

Photo by Tom Benson (Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Wood Thrushes singing - Tivoli Bays WMA, Tivoli, NY

Recorded 2025-07-22 7:30am

DIY parabola with MKH 8020 into Sound Devices MixPre 6 II

Photo by Doug Greenberg (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Black-and-white Warbler song - Tivoli Bays WMA, Tivoli, NY

A Marsh Wren sings from low down in the reeds flanking one of the channels that run through the Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area. Dozens of bird species visit these wetlands and the surrounding area—warblers, herons, sandpipers, flycatchers and gulls can all be heard alongside the low croaking of northern Green Frogs.

Recorded 2025-07-30 at 6:30am

DIY parabola with MKH 8020 + Zoom F3

Photo by Eric Ellingson, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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