Sounds Terrific

Again from Sunset Magazine, a feature on digital librarians (interesting concept) from the University of Utah who collect sounds of wildlife and their native habitat for the Western Soundscape Archive. It's mostly birds, but there are also refreshing alpine streams and a beaver tail slap. The clips runs from a minute to five minutes and are accompanied by a photo. Some are even downloadable.

The archivists recommend several places for listening to nature. The Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona burst to life with frogs, toads, and coyotes during the summer rains. The waves are dramatic at Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. The interior of Canyonlands National Park, Utah is one of the quietest places in the United States. The Great Basin National Park in Nevada has bristlecone pines (but not the oldest ones).