“Tree and Field Crickets with complements of poorwills” now on CD

Tree and Field Crickets with complements of poorwills, previously released as a digital download only, is now also available as a physical CD album, complete with cover art, a spectrogram image on the insert, and a professionally reproduced and printed CD.

Both the digital download and the CD versions of this album are available for purchase at oregonsoundscapes.com

Price: $9.99 plus shipping

Customers who have previously purchased the download version, prior to this CD release, may receive the CD for the cost of shipping only. Please contact us to make such arrangements.

For each album purchased, $5.00 will be donated to Oregon Natural Desert Asociation (ONDA).

The images below are photos taken of the actual product.

Photo of Cricket CD album art, front cover.

Cricket CD album art, insert with image of spectrogram

Cricket CD album art, disc

Cricket CD album art, back cover

The Oregon Field Guide story on John Hartog

The video clip below was filmed by an Oregon Field Guide crew during April 2011 and broadcast on Oregon Public Broadcasting television November 03 2011.

The segment can also be found on the OPB website at: http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/segments/view/1803

  The Oregon Field Guide story was not produced in stereo, so here are a few . . . → Read More: The Oregon Field Guide story on John Hartog

Townsend’s Solitaire

Townsend's Solitair in Juniper

2011-10-23 11:45,  Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi), John Day River Basin near Sutton Mountain, Wheeler County, Oregon.

 

Use this player to listen to the 12 minute recording:

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The few times that I’ve found myself in juniper woodlands, surrounded by winter congregations of Townsend’s Solitaire with their call notes . . . → Read More: Townsend’s Solitaire

Beaver Lake 2011-08-21 21:38 (just after dark)

I like to visit and record this beaver-enhanced lake as often as I can,   and the following excerpt is from a recording session on the evening of August 21 2011. The photo was taken from the opposite end of the lake about half an hour prior to the recording.

There are a . . . → Read More: Beaver Lake 2011-08-21 21:38 (just after dark)

Celebrating Pacific Wren

Last year, 2010, the Winter Wren species was officially spit into three distinct species, the Old World “Eurasian Wren”,  the eastern North America “Eastern Wren,” and our northwest North America species is now “Pacific Wren”   (Troglodytes pacificus.)

 

Spectral Image of Pacific Wren song

 

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

The . . . → Read More: Celebrating Pacific Wren

New Album Release: Oregon Soundscapes

In celebration of our northern hemisphere summer solstice, I have put together a few recordings from some of my favorite spots in Oregon. The album is hosted at my new Bandcamp page, oregonsoundscapes.com, where it is available for download and/or listening in its entirety or as individual tracks.

Oregon Soundscapes by John Hartog Natural Soundscape . . . → Read More: New Album Release: Oregon Soundscapes

Family of Coots… and a whirlwind

Pond in small volcanic crater

You never know what you might find while exploring the desert. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Distant views so barren except for those features that rise prominently.

 

 

Dips and gullies, and in this case a pond within a small basalt crater, go unnoticed until you step out to . . . → Read More: Family of Coots… and a whirlwind

Respecting a Natural Soundscape in Muir Woods National Monument

The New York Times published an article on efforts of park managers to reduce impact of anthropogenic noise. The article can be found at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/science/earth/22sound.html

Arch-Cape-Surf

This is just a test of how my SoundCloud files appear in word press.

Visit my SoundCloud page at: http://soundcloud.com/rock-scallop