THE SOUNDS OF THE PRAIRIE
About our collection.
To the east of Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front lies the High Plains Ecosystem. This area includes some of the world’s largest remaining stretches of intact grasslands. Thousands of migratory birds flock here and their calls at first light create the prairie’s distinctive dawn chorus. Where they exist, such tallgrass prairies are rich in wildlife, but only 1% of these grasslands are still found in the United States (link to: https://www.nps.gov/tapr/learn/nature/a-complex-prairie-ecosystem.htm), making them among the most endangered ecosystems in the world. In 2017, the Acoustic Atlas began documenting the sounds of Montana's prairies through a collaboration with the American Prairie Reserve. Each spring and summer we visit the Reserve to make recordings of species and soundscapes that we place in our online collection. You can search these recordings by species or simply browse the site. Explore the sounds of the prairie. [Link to the sounds] Related: Find out about the sounds of Montana’s four major ecosystems in a story map we co-created with ESRI Story Maps [link to: https://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2018/sounds-of-the-wild-west/]
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American Redstart calls
Audio file copyright 2014, Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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American Robin (0001539)
Audio copyright Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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American Robin and American Elk (0001491)
Audio copyright Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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American Robin song
Audio file copyright 2014, Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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American Robin, Yellowstone National Park
Audio file courtesy of the National Park Service.
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American robins defending nest
Audio file copyright 2008, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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American Tree Sparrow
Audio file copyright 2014, Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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American Wigeon
Audio file copyright 2014, Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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American Wigeon, Common Teal, and American Coot
Audio copyright Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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Bald Eagle
Audio file copyright 2014, Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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Bald Eagle along the Skagit River, WA
Audio file copyright 2010, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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Bald Eagle and Raven
Audio file copyright 2010, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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Bald Eagle at Birch Bay State Park, Washington
Audio file copyright 2009, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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Bald Eagle, captive setting
Audio file copyright 2010, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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Bald Eagle, captive setting (0000571)
Audio file copyright 2010, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.