Music of Nature

Bedraggled: A Rain-Soaked White Trillium by Lang Elliott | Sep 3, 2026 | 30 comments In early May, after a violent storm, I visit my beloved Shindagin Hollow and come across a rain-soaked Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), growing on the bank of

Red Squirrels Harvesting Spruce Cones by Lang Elliott | Aug 28, 2026 | 12 comments Red Squirrels Harvesting Spruce Cones. 19 September 2021, 8am, Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area near Ithaca, New York.

Thunder-Pumper by Lang Elliott | Aug 15, 2026 | 40 comments American Bittern. 18 May 1993, 6am, Lake Louise, next to Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Woodworth, North Dakota.

Pigeon Roost at Picture Canyon by Lang Elliott | Jul 25, 2026 | 17 comments Pigeon Roost. 17 May 2024, 7am, Picture Rock Canyon, Comanche National Grassland near Campo, Colorado.

Puffin Snorefest by Lang Elliott | Jun 30, 2026 | 23 comments Atlantic Puffin Colony. 22 July 1994, 8am, Great Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland.

Spotted Owl and Gently Splashing Waterfall by Lang Elliott | Jun 26, 2026 | 7 comments Spotted Owl and Gently Splashing Waterfall. 28 April 2021, around midnight.

Calming Crickets and Forest Drip by Lang Elliott | Jun 22, 2026 | 18 comments Crickets trilling and forest drip. 25 September 2017, around 1am.

Olympic Thrush Tones by Lang Elliott | Jun 14, 2026 | 19 comments Olympic Thrush Tones. 23 June 2017, at dawn, near Ozette Lake, Olympic National Park, Washington.

Muskrats Nattering by Lang Elliott | May 30, 2026 | 30 comments Muskrats whining and squealing. 31 August 2020, around 3am.

Spine-Tingling Duck Wing Whooshes and Whistles by Lang Elliott | May 23, 2026 | 16 comments Duck Wing Whooshes and Whistles. 8am, Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Nebraska.

Veery at Dusk by Lang Elliott | Apr 21, 2026 | 27 comments Veery at Dusk.

Prairie Riparian Mystery Sound by Lang Elliott | Apr 5, 2026 | 52 comments Mystery Sound.