Enjoy this recording that captures the essence of Southeast Alaska. Bald eagles and hermit thrushes call back and forth in the tall spruce trees, while nearby humpback whales provide background bass notes to the natural symphony.
Songbirds form a backdrop of noise in this soundscape recording. A loud yet distant burst of breath as a humpback whale breathes at the water surface nearby. A bald eagle screeches and cries out as the whale breaths and swims by. The bald eagle makes a series of high pitched, deep, repeated chirps. A hermit thrush sings throughout. A Pacific Wren also sings throughout. Later in the recording, a young crow makes a repeated, "Wa-wah" sound.
Spring Songbirds
Each spring, the Bartlett Cove rainforest is alive with restless activity and song. Listen for the varied thrush, alder flycatcher, sooty grouse, kinglets, and more.
In repetition throughout the recording, these birds call out and make birdsong: varied thrush, alder flycatcher, sooty grouse, ruby crowned kinglet, fox sparrow, pacific wren, and more. An occasional gull cry is heard in this recording.
Songbirds and Seals
The forested shoreline is filled with sounds of summer warblers, kinglets, and chickadees, while nearby harbor seals snort and splash.
Tweeting and singing songbirds cry out throughout the recording. A seabird or gull occasionally calls out in the distance. A harbor seal's cry can be heard very faintly; they sometimes make a low-pitched, "eugh" in short bursts, or a higher pitched, quick "ooh" sound. Birds identified are the yellow-rumped Warbler, Pacific Wren, Varied Thrush, and Chestnut-backd Chickadee.
Thunder and Thrushes
A rare summer thunderstorm captured in Glacier Bay. The thrushes sing right through it! Listen....
Rumbling sharp cracks of thunder sound off in the distance. Rolling thunderclaps repeat while songbirds continue singing and chirping nearby. Notably the hermit thrush can be identified, along with several additional thrushes and songbirds.
Raindrops in the Alders
No doubt about it, Glacier Bay is a rainy place. But listen closely to the wonderful sounds the raindrops make as they collide with alder leaves.
Raindrops repeatedly fall and occasionally "smack" into the surface of alder leaves lying on the forest floor. A pacific wren sings its detailed song in the background, and a varied thrush also whistles its long tune throughout.
Raingutters at Glacier Bay Lodge
For years, park visitors have enjoyed the musical notes of rain as it travels through the gutters at the front porch of Glacier Bay Lodge. Now you can enjoy it too...
