Music of Nature Podcast
Hi Friends! My name is Lang Elliott and I am a professional nature recordist who travels to wild areas throughout North America and sometimes beyond.
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Red Squirrels Harvesting Spruce Cones (opens the original)
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Red Squirrels Cutting and Dropping Cones; September 19, 2021, 8am, Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area near Ithaca, New York. Recorded by Lang Elliott. NOTE: This is a binaural recording; please listen with headphones! Description: One early autumn day, I visit a Norway Spruce stand and quickly discover the trees are alive with Red Squirrel activity. The squirrels are busy cutting cones from limbs high in the canopy and then dropping them to the ground. As cones fall, they hit multiple lim
Thunder-Pumper (opens the original)
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May 17, 1993, 6am, Lake Louise, next to Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Woodworth, North Dakota. © Lang Elliott. This is a binaural field recording. Please listen with headphones. It is dawn in a vast prairie wetland in central North Dakota. I sit quietly in my canoe, alongside a dense stand of cattails and rushes. The marsh is alive with bird sounds, but I am here specifically to record the resonant, gulping onk-ka-chonk (or pumper-lunk) of an American Bittern (also known as “thunder-p
Pigeon Roost at Picture Canyon (opens the original)
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Pigeon Roost at Picture Canyon - 17 May 2024, 7am, Picture Rock Canyon, Comanche National Grassland, near Campo, Colorado. Recorded by Lang Elliott. This is a binaural recording; please wear headphones. While exploring the Comanche National Grassland in southeastern Colorado, I visit Picture Canyon, known for its scenic vistas, unique sandstone rock formations, and prehistoric rock art. While I hoped to find something exotic to record, I instead stumble upon something mundane but welcome nonethe
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