After dark two cricket frogs pierce the calm, large wading birds fuss to settle in for the night, and crickets hum in the distance where Pa Ha Okee Road crosses the sawgrass prairie in Everglades National Park, April 2021. Recorded in AB Stereo with matched pair of Ursi Pro omnidirectional microphones 19 inches apart, recorded into SoundDevices MixPre-3 with no low cut and 50 Db of gain.

Nighttime Wetlands

A Southern Toad rhythmically sings through the night as a Chorus of Green Tree Frogs dominate the second act, Everglades National Park, Florida, June 2021. Recorded with AB Stereo pair Ursi Pro omnis 19 inches apart, SoundDevices MixPre-3, 36 Db gain, no low cut.

Everglades Amphibians In Three Acts

Plaintive loons call to each other as other water and song birds echo across Dore Lake around midnight in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Recorded May 2022 with pair Lom Usi Pro omnis AB stereo 24 inches apart on two tree trunks along lake shore, 32 bit float Zoom F3. Please correct bird IDs I'm not birder :)

Midnight Lake Saskatchewan

Boreal Chorus Frogs begin by sounding each other out but quickly become a massive choir singing from marshy pond that's surrounded by forest. Recorded May 2022 at Dore Lake in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Pair Lom Usi Pro omnis AB stereo 32 bit float Zoom F3, six feet apart on two limbs of fallen tree, 18 inches above grass, later afternoon.

Boreal Chrous Frogs Saskatchewan

Deep within a hardwood hammock, a tree island surrounded by wet sawgrass prairie, Green House frogs (little squeaks like sneakers on gym floor), and Cuban Tree frogs, both invasive species, sing along with crickets and gentle breeze. Recorded at 10 PM in Everglades National Park, Florida, June 2022, pair Lom Usi Pro omni mics attached to tree in AB stereo 24 inches apart, 32 bit float Zoom F3.

Tree Island Quiet Night

A few minutes of light rain falls through tall cypress trees and onto the flooded forest floor, then very distant thunder rumbles through the Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. Four clips blended from the hour-long storm, August 2022 with Usi Pro omni pair attached to cypress tree 18 inches apart, and Zoom F3 recorder.

Brief Rain, Distant Thunder

Echoing through a flooded cypress tree forest, first a Barred Owl hoots, and then joins a second to fuss back and forth. Deep voiced Pig Frogs and shrill crickets are a sonic backdrop. Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, August 2022, recorded with Usi Pro omni pair and Zoom F3 recorder.

Owl Swamp

After an overnight rain and before dawn the sounds of two song birds, a cricket, a flock of noisy ravens, and distant fisherman preparing nets, are accompanied by pounding waves of the Arabian Sea, Kerala State, India. Recorded October 2022 with pair Lom Usi Pro omni mics in AB stereo & Zoom F3.

Arabian Sea Sunrise

The endangered pine rocklands provide ideal bird habitat during the dry season at Everglades National Park, Florida. A Chuck-will's-widow intones with nighttime crickets, an Eastern Towhee clicks at daybreak, and while afternoon winds blow through the forest, a Northern Cardinal sings. Recorded April 2023.Three clips edited from 44 hours of recording with Zoom F3 and Ursi Pro stereo pair taped to tree trunk.

Pinelands Dry Season Birds

Thunderclaps crash through bald cypress trees as a late afternoon rain storm soaks a flooded woodland in the Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. This September 2022 recording is excerpted from a three hour late rainy season storm.  Omni pair of Usi Pro microphones in AB stereo suspended on either side of tree trunk about four feet above the water, and Zoom F3 recorder in 32bit. Edited and posted May 2023.

Cypress Swamp Thunderclaps

Just a couple of weeks after the winter ice is off lake, song and water birds, including loons, proclaim it's summer time. Recorded June 2014 with Sony PCM 10 and built in mics.

Dore Lake North of Saskatoon Saskatchewan

Green Tree frogs, Southern toads, Pig frogs, and a cricket sing separately to create a cohesive soundscape after dark in the Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. Recorded June 2023 with NOS pair Line Audio CM3 cardioids & Sound Devices MixPre-3.

Dark Swamp Forest Frogs

I felt so privileged to be sitting two meters from three Buddhist monks as they chanted mantras and played percussion instruments at the Enchen Monastery in Gantok, Sikkim, in the far north eastern corner of India. Recorded November 2023 with Audio Technical AT4025 stereo mic & Sound Devices MixPre 3.

India - Sikim Three Monks

A Hindu priest recites prayers that assist a worshiper with spiritual guidance at the Pashupatinath Temple complex in Kathmandu, Nepal. Located on the banks of the Bagmati River, It is here many Nepalis bring their dead for Hindu cremation rituals. Recorded November 2023 with Audio Technical  AT4025 stereo microphone & Sound Devices MixPre 3.

Nepal - Hindu Priest

As alligators glide by in flooded cypress forest at sunset, hungry fish splash for insects, honey bees visit wildflowers, and pig frogs, doves, woodpeckers, cormorants, and herons call, and at 2:25 a large bird flies past. Recorded March 2024 in The Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, with pair Line Audio cardiod microphone in NOS. MixPre-3 has 80 Db gain and -40 Hz low cut.

Cypress Forest Sunset

A warm onshore breeze pushes small expressive waves onto the beach at the Nature Conservancy's Blowing Rocks Preserve, Jupiter, Florida. Recorded April 2024 with match pair Line Audio CM3 cardioids in NOS stereo and Sound Devices Mix-Pre 3, 50 Db gain and -80z low cut.

Florida Waves

Distant thunder rumbles through a flooded cypress forest at the beginning of the rainy season, song birds sing, an alligator sloshes past, winds blow, and finally a White Eyed Vireo sings. Two clips blended from an hour long storm, recorded May 2024 with Micro Ursi matched pair stereo AB microphones attached to tree trunks 24 inches apart, and Zoom F3 recorder.

Everglades Rainy Season Vireo

Just after the sun sets frogs that have been concealing themselves in shallow pockets of rain water begin to sing from the coastal pine woods forest, Jonathan Dickenson State Park, Jupiter, Florida. Recorded with Audio Technica 4025 X/Y stereo microphone & Sound Devices Mix Pre D.

Night Time Forest Frogs

In May migrating song birds stop off in the sub tropical pine forests of Everglades National Park, FL. Recorded in X/Y stereo with Audio Technica BP4025 and Sound Devices Mix Pre D.

Everglades Song Birds

Two Buddhist monks chant, play drums, cymbals and chimes in the centuries old Reting monastery outside of Lhasa, Tibet. Recorded Fall 2011 with Olympus LS-10 hand held recorder placed between monks for X/Y stereo field.

Chanting Tibetan Buddhist Monks

Large pig frogs lead the croaking chorus of multiple species searching for mates in the flooded saw grass prairie along PaHaOkee Road in Everglades National Park, Florida. Southern cricket frogs "clack-clack" in background.Wide stereo field recorded in ORTF with pair of Line Audio CM3 cardioid microphones feeding a Sound Devices MixPre 3 recorder. February 2018.

Pig Frogs Pa Hay Okee

Lazy waves roll over sandy beach, around large rocks and then back to sea at the Nature Conservancy's Blowing Rocks Preserve, Jupiter, Florida. Recorded February 2018 with Audio Technica AT4025 XY stereo microphone (held perpendicular to ocean) and Sound Devices MixPre 3 recorder.

Waves On Beach Details

An amateur saxophonist plays boombox enhanced melodies in Quancheng Square Park, and a man interrupts his stroll to sing along, Jinan, Shangdong Province, China. August 2017. Recorded in XY stereo with Audio Technica BP4025 and Sound Devices MixPre-3.

China - Saxophone In The Park

Rain dripping from cypress trees after a summer storm provides  backdrop to rolling thunder, emerging green tree frogs and song of a hooded warbler. Big Cypress National Preserve Florida, recorded June 2019 with a pair of Line Audio CM3 cardioids in NOS stereo, Rycote BBG wind protection, and Sound Devices MixPre 3. No low cut, 68 dB gain, limiters on.

Rain Thunder Song & Frogs

During a Hamar ethnic group bull-jumping ceremony where a youth runs across the backs of bulls to prove he is ready to become a man, his female relatives dance with bells, blow horns, and chant. Turmi, in the Omo Valley of Ethiopia, October 2019. Reocrded in XY stereo with Audio Technica BP4025 & Sound Devices MixPre 3.

Ethiopia - Manhood Dance

Take an immersive sound walk through Africa's largest open air market, the Merkato in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, covering several square miles. Recorded in  binaural stereo, I inserted omni directional microphones into my ear canals to capture precisely the ambiance, so with headphones you will be amazed. Listen for crowds, mosque, laborers, sidewalk radio shop, and kitchen pot repair. October 2019. Luhd PM-01 Binaural Mics and Sound Devices Mix-Pre 3.

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa Merkato

Green tree frogs croak “grunk-grunk” at midnight after days of rain breaks the dry season in Everglades National Park, Florida. Underneath are pig frogs’ low “oinks” and the “clack-clack” of southern cricket frogs. Recorded May 2020 in NOS stereo with Line Audio CM3s & SoundDevices MixPre-3, no low cut, 68 db gain.

Green Tree Frog Grunk

At midnight long, low, lazy Pig Frog grunts echo through a flooded cypress forest in the Big Cypress Preserve, Florida. Recorded July 2020 with matched pair Line Audio CM3 cardioids in NOS stereo & Sound Devices Mix-Pre3, 74 Db gain & no low cut filter.

Flooded Forest Echos

Distant thunder rolling over flooded saw grass prairie accompanies a chorus of Squirrel Tree Frogs late at night in Everglades National Park, Florida. An occasional Green Tree Frog, Southern Toad, and Pig Frog get a croak in edgewise. Recorded July 2020 with matched pair Line Audio CM3 cardioid microphones in stereo NOS pattern & Sound Devices MixPre-3 recorder, 77 db gain, no low cut, no limiter.

July Frog Thunder

Closely placed microphones capture a single Squirrel Tree Frog leading a night time chorus of amphibians singing in shallow flooded prairie of Everglades National Park, Florida. Recorded August 2020 with matched pair Line Audio CM3 cardioid microphones in NOS stereo & Sound Devices MixPre-3. About 63 Db gain, no low cut filter.

Squirrel Frog Leads Chorus

Well after midnight several clacking Southern Cricket Frogs sing across a quiet pond surrounded by Bald Cypress trees, recorded in August 2020 in The Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. Matched pair Line Audio CM3s in NOS stereo pattern & Sound Devices Mix-Pre3, 70 Db gain, no low cut but a touch added in post.

Tropical Savanah Midnight

Night time crickets accompany slowing flowing water as it nourishes the “River Of Grass” in Everglades National Park, Florida. The miles wide shallow sheet of water flows about 200 miles from it’s source in central Florida to it’s exit into the sea. January 2021. Two cross faded clips were recorded in AB Stereo with matched pair of Ursi Pro omnidirectional microphones placed about six feet apart and six feet in the air, recorded into SoundDevices MixPre 3 with -40 Hz low cut and 50 Db of gain.

River Of Crickets

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