Episodes
[EN/ES] 10 hours of the hauntingly beautiful song of a varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) and the comforting refrain of a Townsend’s warbler (Setophaga townsendi) from a late May morning after a rainstorm in a western redcedar (Thuja plicata) forest in northwestern Montana, USA, as raindrops drip from the canopy. This ambient sound track accompanies Wild With Nature Episode 100: Among the Redcedars: Finding Stillness in the Rain-drenched Forest...
Published 11/01/24
[EN/ES] 10 hours of September rain falling on grape leaves in a garden in western Montana, with a soft introductory quack from a hen mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in the background. This ambient sound track accompanies Wild With Nature Episode 98: Waiting for Rain: Making it through Climate Change (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3UOJaH481fQscIturevbVh?si=6X7oUtN-QwqKVau3dZpLIw). Sounds recorded by me, Shane Sater. If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to check out my community of...
Published 10/04/24
[EN/ES] 10 hours of the powerful calls of sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) near sunrise in August while a group of over 90 departed from their migratory stopover site on a mudflat in Montana, USA to forage for the day. I recorded this soundscape in 2024 at the Lake Helena Regulating Reservoir, Helena, Montana. This ambient sound track accompanies Wild With Nature Episode 96: Sandhill Cranes and Baird’s Sandpipers: Lake Helena Part 3...
Published 09/29/24
[EN/ES] 10 hours of the unique sounds that Wilson’s snipes (Gallinago delicata) make in their summer flight displays over the marshes of northern North America, complemented by the low gulping sounds of an American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) from the cattails. I recorded this soundscape after sunset in June 2024 from a marsh along the Rocky Mountain Front of Montana, USA. This ambient sound track accompanies Wild With Nature Episode 94: Of Bitterns and Bank Swallows: Lake Helena Part 2...
Published 09/25/24
[EN/ES] 10 hours of the rich May soundscape from the extensive cattail marshes of the Lake Helena Wildlife Management Area, Helena, Montana, USA. I recorded this soundscape on a May morning in 2024, full of the sounds of Virginia rails (Rallus limicola), marsh wrens (Cistothorus palustris), soras (Porzana carolina), red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), Wilson’s snipes (Gallinago delicata), and more. This ambient sound track accompanies Wild With Nature Episode 92: Nature at Lake...
Published 09/25/24
[EN/ES] 10 hours of liquid trills from tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) occupying nest boxes along the Missouri River in Montana, May 2024. This ambient sound track accompanies Wild With Nature Episode 90: A Hopeful Sign for a Bird in Decline: Helping Montana’s Tree Swallows (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1p3Gl3xt04R1fUT4V2AMjb?si=XFiSECtxSDioflmHLK-miA). Sounds recorded by me, Shane Sater. If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to check out my community of supporters on Patreon:...
Published 09/18/24
[EN/ES] 10 hours of uninterrupted sleep sounds featuring the autumn Niobrara River landscape depicted in Wild With Nature Episode 76: A Portrait of Nature along the Niobrara River (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5S3fdUI86vwtvxP3czsHHB?si=d2FWJWscTz6faXNnSH3kpw). Soothing river noises blend with the voices of crickets and other nocturnal insects, and an eastern screech-owl (Megascops asio) gives its beautiful whinny. Sounds recorded by me, Shane Sater. This recording originally appeared as a...
Published 09/18/24
[EN/ES] A 10-hour track of midday May song from yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia), least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), and song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) from riparian cottonwood forest at the Kootenai Wildlife Refuge, Boundary County, Idaho. This recording accompanies Wild With Nature Episode 65: Earth Song (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1SNB2VdvzkTxLnLLiVDLVY?si=HoBR23rNQUyVBDpme_Il0w). Sounds recorded by me, Shane Sater. If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to check out my...
Published 09/18/24