In late May 2024, as part of my prairie recording expedition with Lang Elliott and...

Back in the middle of May, I packed up my car and my dog and...

Although most dictionaries define “dirtbag” as an unkempt, despicable person, the Urban Dictionary, that fount...

I’ve often been fascinated with the way sounds interact with the environment, particularly the reflections...

After being gob smacked by the beauty of the Wallowa Mountains, but disappointed in the...

Although I’ve recorded in many parts of the southern half of Oregon, I’ve never visited...

It seemed like it would never come. After months and months of snow and ice,...

I was cleaning up my archive of nature sound recordings and ran across a lovely...

One of my favorite places to visit and record in northern Nevada is Stillwater National...

A quick trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park to see the impact of the Dixie...

This year I decided to expand the acoustic monitoring that I’ve been conducting at the...

Like most summers, this year I took a trip in late June/early July, ostensibly to...

Spring has arrived full force in the western US, and with it the bird breeding...

One of my interests since I began nature sound recording is how acoustic information can...

As I usually do in early July, this last summer the dog and I headed...

Following my amazing southwestern recording trip with Lang Elliott, I stopped at Bears Ears National...

Among the many wonders to be found in southeastern Arizona is Aravaipa Canyon.   The heart...

  On our recording trip this last spring, Lang Elliott and I stopped by a...

Part of my recording tour of the southwest with Lang Elliott this spring took us...

As a follow-up to my last post about the tardiness of migration this last spring,...

I recently returned from a 7-week sound recording expedition to the southwest U.S.  From Carson...

In far northeastern California lies a remote range of mountains known as the Warner Mountains. ...

In southern Nevada, a bit more than 100 miles north of Las Vegas, lies a...

Although I stayed pretty close to home during the spring, avoiding Covid-19 and all, by...