Sagebrush Cicada - Okanagana utahensis

I used to think that Washington had no singing Cicadas. It turns out I was wrong. We do have singing cicadas. They have a very brief window of singing that occurs mostly in July, although it can start as early as mid-June and carry into early August. I just wasn't listening in the right places at the right time. I guess that's as good an example as any that our own personal experience doesn't always equate reality.

- found in highly arid regions of Western and inter-mountain North America
- typically sings late-June to early-August from shrubs
- particularly fond of Sagebrush
- parabolic recording mastered for low-end noise pollution
- includes source
- recorded 2023 Summer Solstice day, 2023-06-21
- Taxonomic Family and Tribe: Cicadidae Tibicini

image credit: "Sagebrush cicada at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge Wyoming" by USFWS Mountain Prairie is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Cicada - Sagebrush Cicada

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 migrate. Occasionally I'm able to follow a herd and record more direct, but I do not want to alarm the herd or stress them unnecessarily, so I often avoid this method.

Bugles are multi-toned calls that start low and transition into a scream. During the rut season, Bulls use this to express dominance over other males, warding off potential rivals, and attract potential mates. Outside of the rut they will often bugle when leading a herd.

Chuckles, or laughs, sound just like that, a series of short loud grunts. Like bugles, chuckles are used as a form of dominance and attraction call. I've often heard them used when a bull is specifically calling his harem to gather. They'll produce chuckles on their own, or sometimes tag them onto the end of a bugle.

image credit: "Roosevelt Elk Bugling-Unknown" by Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?

Roosevelt Elk Bugle into Chuckle

Roosevelt Elk Bugle with follow-up Chuckle

Roosevelt Elk Bugle with low chesty roar

Roosevelt Elk Bugle with low chesty roar and some brush movement

Example 2 – DIY, H2a, DIY, H2a (every 8 seconds)

This is a long recording from a ridge near the ocean, so the surf is in the background, there is bird and animal activity at dusk and dawn, and a big thunderstorm rolls in.  The Yellow-Throated Toucan is very active, and the Scarlet Macaws, Tinamou, and Mantled Howler Monkeys are also calling at dusk. I removed one section of a few minutes where the rainfall was so heavy it started leaking through and hitting the mics but otherwise left this recording intact.  I used my Sennheiser Double MidSide system with a Sound Devices MixPre recorder.

Dusk To Dawn Costa Rica Osa Peninsula Coastal Forest Thunderstorm Pt 4

Long-Eared Owl

This is, to me, the bravest LBJ (little brown job) of all. During the breeding season Meadow pipits perform what is know as ‘parachute’ display flights, in order to attract a mate. It literally gives itself away as if singing ‘i’m all yours, take me!’ (or the peregrine falcon will…). You can hear the beautiful descending notes in this recording, made on a windy day.

Species: Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Date and time of recording: 16 March 2021, 9am
Location: Aghatirourke, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Habitat: Moorland

Gear: 
Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH8060 in mid-side
Sound Devices 744t recorder

Nikon D750 Camera
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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Lens
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Tamron 150-600mm Telephoto Lens
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Wildlife hide tent
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Rode VideoMicro On-camera Directional Microphone
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K&F Tripod
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Meadow Pipit of Aghatirourke

Magellanic penguins at Punta Tombo Provincial Reserve, home to the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world.

http://www.soundarkstudios.com/blog/sound-postcard-10-punta-tombo

Magellanic Penguins - Punta Tombo (Argentina)

Soft sand being blown over a hard crust of sand on a dune in the Namib desert. Read about my expedition to Namibia at https://mindful-audio.com/blog/namibia-sound-recording-2020

Skeleton Coast - Sand Dune In Moderate Wind

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Dusk To Dawn Costa Rica Osa Peninsula Coastal Forest Thunderstorm Pt 4

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