Laura Erickson's For the Birds

This page links to my best ambient sound recordings that are at least a couple of minutes long. The links take you to the recording pages, which include all the species I’ve identified on the recording (some are just in the background, but I wanted to be comprehensive). Most are in stereo.

• Over an hour of morning song in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin. May 7, 2024, 70:41.
• Twenty minutes of an American Robin’s dawn song. April 11, 2024, 20:41.
• Fourteen minutes of Fox Sparrows and other early migrants including Rusty Blackbirds. April 18, 2023, 14:15.
• An hour of redpoll twittering and bird songs by the raspberry patch. April 24, 2022, 1:25.
• An hour of song–mostly redpolls and Fox Sparrows. April 20, 2022, 1:01.
• An hour and 40 minutes of redpolls, Fox Sparrows, and other early spring sounds. April 17, 2022, 1:41.
• Forty-five Minutes of Redpoll Twittering (mono). April 17, 2022, 45 minutes.
• Five Minutes of Redpoll Twittering. March 27, 2022, 5 minutes.
• One Hour at Big Pete Road in Port Wing. Warblers, a Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a Red-eyed Vireo. June 8, 2021, 59 minutes.
• Fifty minutes of Evening Grosbeaks singing! April 25, 2021, 50 minutes.
• Mid-April Dawn Chorus. April 18, 2021, 3 1/2 hours.
• Morning Song after the rain. June 21, 2020, 2 1/2 hours.
• Dawn Chorus, first day of summer. June 20, 2020, 2 1/2 hours.
• Red-eyed Vireo singing strong for 48 minutes. June 16, 2020, 48 minutes.
• Half hour of House Wren’s Dawn Song Bout. June 6, 2020, 29 minutes.
• Backyard Dawn Chorus: over 3 hours dominated by chickadees and a Brown Thrasher, and not much background noise. May 31, 2020, 182 minutes.
• Backyard Dawn Chorus: over 3 hours dominated by robins and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. This one doesn’t have much background noise. May 23, 2020, 182 minutes.
• Backyard Dawn Chorus–over 2 1/2 hours with lots of robin and flicker activity. This one turned out really nice, except for one crow that comes way too close to the microphone once. May 5, 2020, 155 minutes.
• Backyard Dawn Chorus–mostly robins and flickers, and persistent Chipping Sparrows. May 4, 2020, 144 minutes.
• Backyard Dawn Chorus–persistent wind mars this one somewhat, but the birds are nice and active. May 3, 2020, 174 minutes
• Backyard Dawn Chorus, fewer birds than previous days but the first House Wren, and highlighted by a loud nearby crow and a nearby flicker. May 2, 2020, 116 minutes.
• Northern Flicker: Long song bout. The first call is quieter than the others. May 2, 2020, 8 minutes.
• Backyard Morning Songs, starting with a Blue-headed Vireo, dominated by abundant goldfinches. May 1, 2020, 80 minutes.
• Backyard Dawn Chorus, dominated by chickadees, goldfinches, and White-throated Sparrows, starting about 5:20 am. April 30, 2020, 94 minutes.
• Backyard morning twitterings of goldfinches, White-throated Sparrows, and other early spring sounds, from about 8 am until after 9. April 29, 2020, 75 minutes.
• Panama’s summer night sounds, from roughly 7:30 -9:15 pm. July 16, 2019, 1 hour 41 minutes long .
• Persistent young American Redstart trying to attract a mate. June 21, 2019, 7 minutes long
• Dawn at Hog Island in Maine. June 8, 2018. 76 minutes long
• Dawn in Trempealeau, Wisconsin. May 12, 2018, 15 minutes long
• Morning on the Anhinga Trail in Everglades NP. April 14, 2018. 6 minutes long
• Dawn on the Anhinga Trail in Everglades NP. April 14, 2018. 6 minutes long
• Sunset at a Wading Bird Nesting Colony with Roseate Spoonbills, Wood Storks, and more at Paurotis Pond in the Florida Everglades. April 14, 2018. 18 minutes long
• Morning at a Wading Bird Nesting Colony with Roseate Spoonbills, Wood Storks, and more at Paurotis Pond in the Florida Everglades. April 14, 2018. 19 minutes long
• Monteverde, Costa Rica predawn night sounds. July 21, 2017. 40 minutes long
• Cane Toads in San Jose, Costa Rica. July 164, 2017. 3 minutes long
• Hog Island in Maine. June 4, 2016. 37 minutes long
• Hog Island in Maine. June 4, 2016, 7:30 am. 7 minutes long
• Douglas County Wildlife Area, Friends of the Sanctuary Sharp-tailed Grouse blind. May 2, 2016 after dawn. 25 minutes long
• Douglas County Wildlife Area, Friends of the Sanctuary Sharp-tailed Grouse blind, Wisconsin. May 2, 2016 at dawn. 13 minutes long
• Lesser Prairie-Chicken blind, Holly, Colorado.April 20, 2013 at dawn, 2 minutes long
• Dawn Chorus in Minocqua, Wisconsin. May 24, 2009 soon after dawn, 73 minutes long.
• Dawn Chorus on Ellis Hollow Road, Ithaca, New York. May 14, 2008 starting at dawn, 52 minutes.
• Greater Prairie-Chicken blind, Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Crookston, Minnesota. May 6, 2006, a little after dawn, 2 minutes.
• Douglas County Wildlife Area, Friends of the Sanctuary bird blind. April 22, 2005, not long after dawn. 5 minutes
• Sandhill Cranes feeding near Fort Kearney, Nebraska. March 9, 2004, mid-morning, 5 minutes.
• Sandhill Cranes feeding and dancing near Fort Kearney, Nebraska. March 9, 2004, mid-morning, 4 minutes.
• Sandhill Cranes, feeding and dancing near Fort Kearney, Nebraska. March 9, 2004, mid-morning, 6 minutes.
• Asa Wright Nature Center, Trinidad. October 27, 2001, mid-morning, 4 minutes.
• American Robin dawn song, Port Wing, Wisconsin. June 21, 2001 at dawn, 2 minutes
• Port Wing, Wisconsin, dawn chorus. May 13, 2001, dawn, 4 minutes.
• Hummingbird feeding station at Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica. January 11, 2001, 10 minutes