Photo: Pacific chorus frog, June 2009

John Hartog Natural Soundscape Recording

- Sound Journal -


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10/23/2011   late-morning
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17MB, MP3, 12:00min
Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi), Wheeler County, Oregon, near Sutton Mountain.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2)   Recorder: Sony Sony PCM-M10
Edits: Equalization to reduce microphone self-noise hiss. More...
10/15/2010   predawn
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9.6MB, MP3,7min
Great horned owls and coyotes with echos. Crook County, Oregon.
Microphone: Audio Technica 3032(x2) in semi-baffled barrier array   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: Amplification and equalization.
05/27/2010   nightfall
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17MB, MP3, 12:27min
A droning chorus of Great Basin spadefoot toads, also killdeer, Pacific chorus frogs, short-eared owl... Lake County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A (x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: Amplification and equalization to highlight subjects and setting.
10/25/2009   pre-dawn
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7MB, MP3, 6:00min
Stillness and presumably Western Screech Owls. Wheeler County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A (x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: Amplification and equalization to bring out the ambient setting. More...
09/06/2009   22:50
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2.6 MB, mp3, 1:52min
Cricket chorus and scree fall. Wheeler County, Oregon.Now on CD or MP3 Album
Microphone: Rode NT1-A (x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
04/20/2009   dawn
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3.5 MB, mp3, 2:33min
Short-eared Owls. Lake County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A (x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: EQ to reduce wind rumble and softly lift the distant ambience and subject birds. More...
02/28/2009   night
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4 MB, mp3, 3min
Great-horned owl and western screech owls. Wheeler County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A (x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: Filtered significant artificial noise from the recording equipment. More...
06/21/2008 dawn
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2.6MB, mp3, 3min
Winnowing calls of Wilson's Snipes in the sky. Grant County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A (x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: Amplified about 10dB above natural.
06/01/2008 dawn
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2MB, mp3, 1:30min
A pair of Black Oystercatchers drop-in and circle. Clatsop County, Oregon.
Microphone: Audio Technica 3032 (x2) and Jecklin disc   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
04/25/2008 afternoon
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4MB, mp3, 3min
A vigorous wind in desert sage, Lake County, Oregon.
Microphone: Shure Wl-183 (x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-N700
No post eq, but sounds a bit louder than natural for the lows and close-up.
04/24/2008 5:30am
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4MB, mp3, 3min
It was worth returning to Warner Valley, Lake County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: boost and light eq
03/16/2008 3:00am
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2MB, mp3, 2min
Female Great-horned Owl. Wheeler County, Oregon.
Microphone: AT 2032(x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: boost and moderate eq
06/25/2007 4:33am
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645k, mp3, 41sec
A lively wetland dawn in the Warner Mountains, Modoc County, California.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: Amplified for normal listening.
06/21/2007 4:20am
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2MB, mp3, 2:12min
Coyotes amongst sage covered dunes surrounding a desert lake. Warner Valley, Lake County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 702
Edits: Amplified for normal listening and slightly rolled off above 800Hz. More...
05/20/2007 dawn
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928k, mp3, 1min
Hermit thrush and others. Near Little Summit Prairie in the Ochoco Mountains, Crook County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sound Devices 722
Edits: Amplified for normal listening. More...
05/19/2007 4:55am
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3.13MB, mp3, 3:25min
A vee of Canada geese break the dawn, stirs a coyote. White River Wildlife Area, Wasco County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-RH10
Edits: 5dB boost and gentle eq to bring up the ambient background.
05/06/2007 5:55am
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1.36MB, mp3, 1:29min
Dawn birds heard over Netarts Bay marsh and estuary plus noise from Pacific surf behind the dune, Tillamook County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-RH10
Edits: just fades in and out - no sound altering edits.
04/08/2007
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2.7MB, mp3, 3min
Return to Lost Lake: varied thrushes, a song sparrow, winter wrens, distant pacific chorus frog chorus, Clatsop County, Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-RH10   Edits: gentle eq and 9Db boost.
01/15/2007
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1.7MB, mp3, 73sec
Icy waterfall just downstream from Wahclella Falls, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2), separated about 2', and mounted on a small rock outcrop beneath the small waterfall
Recorder: Sony MZ-RH10
12/03/2006
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2.8MB, mp3, 2min
Surf Side of Bay View Jetty, Tillamook County Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2), mounted on two foot diameter jetty beacon
Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
06/25/2006
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711k, mp3, 30sec
Common Poorwill, predawn in the Maury Mountains, Crook County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-RH10   Edits: low pass filter.
05/29/2006
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3.6MB, mp3, 4min
Sunrise dialogue of birds and stream along Fry Meadow, Union County Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2) tree mounted   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
Edits: Parametric eq for hiss reduction
05/27/2006
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1MB, mp3, 1min
Pacific Chorus Frogs at Fry Meadow, Union County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-RH10
03/19/2006
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1.4MB, mp3, 1:33min
Northern Pygmy Owl and water flowing, Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-RH10
02/06/2006
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1.1MB, mp3, 1:13min
Another spot along the shore at Arch Cape, Clatsop County Oregon.
02/06/2006
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1.7MB, mp3, 1:51min
The surf from the shore at Arch Cape, Clatsop County Oregon.
02/06/2006
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2MB, mp3, 2:14min
Surf at Arch Cape, 700m inland from shore, Clatsop County Oregon.
01/18/2006
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470K, mp3, 30sec
Behind North Falls, Silver Falls State Park, Marion County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-RH10
07/23/2005
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980K, mp3, 1:02min
A coyote chorus at dawn. Grant County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
07/22/2005
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1.7MB, mp3, 1:45min
A coyote called across the moonlit meadow. Grant County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
06/21/2005
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1.7MB, mp3, 1:47min
Afternoon thunder along the South Fork John Day River. Grant County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
06/20/2005
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1.1MB, mp3, 1:05min
Crickets and a Flammulated owl at night. Grant County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
06/20/2005
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2.7MB, mp3, 3min.
An early morning chorus along Murderers Creek - a robin takes center stage. Grant County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
05/23/2005
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944K, mp3, 1min
A Swainson's Thrush and chorus frogs. Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
05/23/2005
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1.4MB, mp3, 1.25min
Call notes of Red-winged Blackbird and Swainson's Thrush, and other birds. Clatsop County Oregon.
05/01/2005
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346K, mp3, 22sec
Barred Owl, Clatsop County Oregon.
04/30/2005 b.
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471K, mp3, 30sec
The voice of a merganser. Is is a Hooded or a Common? Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
04/302005 a.
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944K, mp3, 1min
Meteors? No, mergansers approach by air and land on water. Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
04/17/2005
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3.2MB, mp3, 3.5min
A beaver singing in the rain. Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
04/16/2005
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285K, mp3, 15sec
Barred Owl, Clatsop County Oregon.
04/11/2005
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944K, mp3, 1min
A different perspective of the same lake: listen for the beaver splash, Clatsop County Oregon.
04/11/2005
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944K, mp3, 1min
Winter Wren in alder and spruce at the beaver pond inlet of a wooded lake, Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
03/10/2005
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1.2MB, mp3, 1:15min
Pacific Chorus Frogs at a rocky pool beside the Molalla River, Clackamas County Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
02/26/2005
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944K, mp3, 1min
Western Meadowlark, Klickatat County Washington
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2) and Telinga parabolic dish   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
02/21/2005
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1.4MB, mp3, 1:36min
Calm Side of the Jetty, Tillamook County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
02/20/2005
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1.5MB, mp3, 1:41min
A point break can make a nice spot for recording large surf,Oregon coast. ...with photo
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
02/19/2005
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944K, mp3, 1min
Creek with Gurgle, Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
02/13/2005
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944K, mp3, 1min
Northern Shovelers and Red Winged Blackbirds, Clark County Washington
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2) and Telinga parabolic dish   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
12/16/2004
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944K, mp3, 1min
Trees dripping from fog, also surf, Tillamook County Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2)   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
12/12/2004
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2.7MB, mp3, 2:54min
My favorite Red Alder in the wind, Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Shure WL-183(x2) and Telinga parabolic dish   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
09/23/2004
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471K, mp3, 30sec
Great Horned Owls, Lake County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
09/23/2004
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904K, mp3, 1min
Several Mule Deer trample by, Lake County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
09/23/2004
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472K, mp3, 30sec
The wind in an aspen grove with Red Breasted Nuthatches, Lake County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
09/21/2004
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904K, mp3, 1min
Two ravens flying over Canyon Meadow, Grant County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
05/23/2004
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706K, mp3, 30sec.
Yellow-breasted Chat along Clear Creek at Whiskeytown, Shasta County California
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
05/21/2004
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706K, mp3, 30sec
Bullock's Oriole in the brush along the Rogue River, Josephine County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
05/20/2004
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706K, mp3, 30sec
Field Crickets along the Rogue River, Josephine County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
05/09/2004
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2.3MB, mp3, 2:33min
Northern Saw-whet owl, bat wings, and stocked trout plopping. Clatsop County Oregon
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
04/27/2004
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471K, mp3, 30sec
Varied Thrush, Song Sparrow, Hooded Merganser, Clatsop County Oregon.
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
03/14/2004
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706K, mp3, 30sec
Water dripping from icicles inside a lava tube, Skamania County Washington
Microphone: Rode NT1-A(x2)   Recorder: Marantz PMD670
02/12/2004
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706K, mp3, 30sec.
Invasive Coqui Frogs at Kohala Forest Reserve, Hawaii
Microphone: Sony ECM-MS907   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
02/06/2004
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706K, mp3, 30sec
Gentle surf at Hapuna Beach, Hawaii
Microphone: Sony ECM-MS907   Recorder: Sony MZ-N707
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