I’m an instructor at Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen, Maine. Last week I was helping with the Breaking into Birding class, and this week I’m doing the Joy of Birding class with lots of other instructors.
This morning was quiet, with the new instructors not yet here and most of the staff gone, and there was no wind, so I made some sound recordings. There are lots of warblers on both, with Northern Parulas and Black-throated Greens especially noticeable.
I’ve been photographing both species here all week.
I made the first ambient sound recording in a slightly boggy area at about 7:20 am. It lasts about 12 minutes:
Recorded on June 4, 2016 Recorded in Hog Island Audubon Camp, Bremen, Maine. This was made along the Center Trail at Hog Island Audubon Camp, with my microphone left on the ground near some orchids. A Red Squirrel features, and an airplane flies over.
I made the second one near my cabin at about 8:30. This one lasts about 37 minutes:
Recorded on June 4, 2016 Recorded in Hog Island Audubon Camp, Bremen, Maine. This was recorded near my cabin (Fo’c’s’le) with the microphone left on the ground pointing up across the trail. A boat goes by at one point, but it’s a very pleasant recording to listen to.
Laura Erickson
Laura Erickson, 2014 recipient of the American Birding Association’s prestigious Roger Tory Peterson Award, has been a scientist, teacher, writer, wildlife rehabilitator, professional blogger, public speaker, photographer, American Robin and Whooping Crane Expert for the popular Journey North educational website, and Science Editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She’s written eight books about birds, including the best-selling Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds (co-authored by photographer Marie Read); the National Outdoor Book Award winning Sharing the Wonder of Birds with Kids; 101 Ways to Help Birds; The Bird Watching Answer Book for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and the National Geographic Pocket Guide to Birds of North America. She’s currently a columnist and contributing editor for BirdWatching magazine, and is writing a field guide to the birds of Minnesota for the American Birding Association. Since 1986 she has been producing the long-running “For the Birds” radio program for many public radio stations; the program is podcast on iTunes. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota, with her husband, mother-in-law, licensed education Eastern Screech-Owl Archimedes, two indoor cats, and her little birding dog Pip.
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