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Sounds

 

Click on any of the names below to hear a sound clip.

Birds

Alder Flycatchers

American Robin

Anhinga

Bald Eagle

Calliope Hummingbird

Canada Geese

Clark's Nutcracker

Common Poorwill

Common Raven

Hermit Thrush

Killdeer

Northern Flicker

Osprey

Ptarmagin

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sandhill Crane

Spotted Owl

Steller's Jay

Western Gull

White-crowned Sparrow

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Mammals

Bear with cubs

Bison

Coyote

Elk

Ground Squirrel

Humpback Whale

Killer Whale

Spotted Bat

Squirrel

Wolf

 

Reptiles

Alligators

 

Fish

Gulf Toad Fish

Insect

Bee

Crickets

Grasshopper

 

Geological, Hydrological, Meteorological

Avalanche

Ocean

Rain

Stream

Thunder


Cultural/Historical

Battle Sounds

Cannon

Chickens

Jamboree

Musket Fire

Native American Music

Omaha Indian Buffalo Dance

Omaha Indian Song Contest

Reveille

Sensation Jazz


Human Caused

Boat

Car alarm

Chainsaw

Harmonica

Helicopter

Jet

Motorcycle

Propeller

Rotary Snowplow

Siren

Snowmachine

Snowmobile

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Links to Sounds Libraries

Please keep in mind that some of the recordings at the following websites can be downloaded for free while other are copyrighted. Those listed below as "public" can be downloaded for free.

  1. Western Soundscapes Audio Archive
  2. Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
  3. The Macaulay Library (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
  4. The British Library Sound Archive
  5. Nature Recordings and Photography (public)
  6. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Clips (public)
  7. The Freesound Project
  8. Nature Sound Society and the California Library of Natural Sounds
  9. Xeno-Canto: Bird Songs from Tropical America

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Photos of Equipment

Click on each picture to see a larger version

Equipment at Yosemite NP Yosemite National Park

Monitoring Equipment at Minute Man National Historical Park Monitoring equipment at Minute Man NHP

Minute Man National Historical Park

Monitoring equipment at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Great Sand Dunes Nationa Park & Preserve

Monitoring Equipment at Haleakala NP

Haleakala National Park


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