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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House Finch
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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House Sparrow
Audio file copyright 2014, Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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House Wren
Audio file copyright 2014, Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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House Wren
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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How robins hear worms (radio program on NPR)
Audio file copyright 2006, Jeff Rice. All rights reserved
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Humming to gnats - radio program
Audio file copyright 2008, Jeff Rice. All rights reserved
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Hummingbird (species unknown) and crickets
Audio copyright Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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Indigo Bunting
Audio file copyright 2014, Kevin Colver. All rights reserved
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Insects and birds in a ravine on the American Prairie Reserve
Audio file copyright Jeff Rice and Montana State University; Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd75
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Insects call in the brush near a cottonwood grove in late morning
Audio file copyright Jeff Rice and Montana State University; Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd74
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Interview with Dr. Rex Cocroft on seismic sounds among insects
Audio file copyright 2008, Jeff Rice. 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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Interview with Earl Snow on bats
Audio file copyright 2006, Jeff Rice. All rights reserved
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Interview with Ginny Trumbull on coyote calls
Audio file copyright 2006, Jeff Rice. All rights reserved
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Interview with Gordon Hempton on recording ravens
Jeff Rice; All rights reserved
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Interview with Paul Thompson on boreal chorus frogs
Jeff Rice; All rights reserved