OCTOBER - I setup the recorder about 5 minutes before the rain starts -- at 4:17 in the episode -- and it continues throughout. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

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Ep.92 – Fox Island County Park: October

Oak, hickory, and basswood forest along the banks of the Huron River. Constant trill of crickets and occasional mosquitoes. I did trim out the bulk of fly-overs, but since DTW is so close, jet after jet passed by.

Ep.91 – Lower Huron Metropark

SEPTEMBER - Distant birds and chipmunk chirps muffled by the wind and highway noise. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Ep.90 – Fox Island County Park: September

Sugar maple and yellow-poplar forest with lots of pawpaw in the midstory - annual cicadas, birds, and distant road noise

Ep.89 – McNabb-Walter Nature Preserve

AUGUST - Constant annual cicadas and highway noise. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Ep.88 – Fox Island County Park: August

Bur oak, white oak, and northern red oak plantation with wind, annual cicadas, and crickets

Ep.87 – Herman F. Hammer Wald Nature Preserve

JULY - Birds, cicadas, and a mosquito. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Ep.86 – Fox Island County Park: July

Lake Superior beach with fallen trees due to record high lake levels last year.

Ep.85 – Muskallonge Lake State Park

Ep.84 – Gregory State Game Area

JUNE - Vocal birds and a bit of rain. At about 21:00 minutes the wind picks up and then it rains for about a minute. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Ep.83 – Fox Island County Park: June

Upland forest and emergent wetland ecotone (with a couple of trains) named after Henry Chandler Cowles.

Ep.82 – Cowles Bog: Indiana Dunes National Park

MAY - So many more birds compared to April! Great weather, so busy park. Normally I edit out people as much as possible, however, I had to leave some in around 15 minutes. This was when a particularly vocal bird was near my recorder, fluttered around, and kept calling. Also, wood pecker hammering in the distance. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Ep.81 – Fox Island County Park: May

Stabilized dune, oak savanna with sandhill cranes.

Ep.80 – Dune Prairie Nature Preserve: Indiana Dunes State Park

APRIL - More highway noise than birds, but occasional squirrel. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Ep.79 – Fox Island County Park: April

Dead ash stand on a windy day with creaky trees, sandhill cranes, and crows.

Ep.78 – Pinhook Bog: Indiana Dunes National Park

Ambient sound recordings in natural areas for relaxation with a brief introduction of the location. New episode on Monday. Intro by Kevin MacLeod - "Bittersweet" (incompetech.com)

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