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Soundscape
by Chad Crouch (Field Sound)
Soundscape presents relaxing and renewing five minute field recordings captured in nature by Chad Crouch (using the recordist pseudonym Field Sound: artist.link/fieldsound). Premium subscribers get access to the complete recordings (10-90 minutes long)! chadcrouch.substack.com
Episodes
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Frog Chorus, Olympic N.P.
A quick dispatch this week: As a teaser for a short series later this year, I thought I’d share this frog chorus recording from the Dosewallips River Valley in Olympic National Park this past spring. It’s a soothing ten minute listen. Also, out today under my instrumental-only pseudonym Sleeping...
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Virginia Lake
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com I love swans. I just do. My heart always skips a beat when I see them on a lake. I love their wild sounds, their warbled cries, whistles, and bugles. This recording was captured today, January 14th, 2025, and is...
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Oaks Bottom Sound & Vision
Time now for another Sound & Vision; a photo essay with a soundtrack. This time we’re back at my old stomping grounds, Oaks Bottom, with a new mission: keep that shutter clicking! So feel free to click that play button up there and let’s find out what there is to see and hear today. What a…
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Sauvie Island
Hello Friends. It’s been a while since I made a Soundscape podcast. I guess I wasn’t feeling the wind in my sails on this particular front. I found this recording and post in my “drafts” just now, so I’m winging it out there. Maybe it will jumpstart my workflow over here. It’s timely, given we’re...
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Athabasca River, Jasper
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com Here we have a 17 minute soundscape recorded in Jasper, AB, Canada off trail 14a near the Old Fort Point Rd. It captures the sound of the braided, glacial Athabasca River, and various birds along its shores....
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Malheur Dawn Chorus
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com This is a nearly hour-long dawn chorus recording I made at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on May 26th of this year. It captures an expansive sound portrait, positioned at the perimeter of the lake basin,...
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Oak Island
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com Back on Sauvie’s Island, about 10 miles north of Portland, OR, there’s been a significant turnover. Gone are the water birds; the manifold swans, ducks and geese. Well there’s still some geese, but only a…
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Listening to the Total Eclipse
Two days ago I was in Austin, TX sitting on a lounge chair looking up into the cloudy sky with my family, moments from totality. We made the trip south for my nephew’s wedding, and stayed in town for the big celestial show. So there we were, observing the moon inching its way—from our...
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Pacific Beach Cottage Porch
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com I like to pair my Soundscape programming with my Soundwalk episodes when I can, but a bum XLR cable and an unlucky site choice made my fixed Timothy Lake shore recording last fall a failure. This is common. Most...
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Salmon River
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com And we’re back on the Salmon River. I’m pleased to share this 100 min. (5 min. for free subscribers) soundscape field recording of a tranquil pool on September 16th, 2023. The recording is very serene and…
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Shillapoo
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com As promised, here is the stationary field recording that I made on the same day I captured sound for the recent Frenchman’s Bar Soundwalk. It was March 5, 2023, a year ago to the date. The actual setup is subtly...
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Wildwood
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com I like the idea of sharing my recordings with a quick turnaround. This soundscape was recorded yesterday, capturing the Salmon River in the foothills of Mt. Hood near Brightwood, OR, at a place called Wildwood...
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Ridgefield Swans
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com Happy Valentines Day! Soundscape is back with a special valentine dedication. This one goes out to my sweetheart. There is perhaps no better representative of devotion in the animal kingdom than that of the…
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The Gloaming at Pawnee
This soundscape was captured May 21st, 2023 at Pawnee National Grassland. The full 43 minute recording can be heard and supported at Bandcamp https://fieldsound.bandcamp.com/album/the-gloaming-at-pawnee This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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Rocky Mountain NP - Beaver Brook
Recorded May 22, 2023 on the banks of Beaver Book, in Rocky Mountain National Park. This is an ambisonic recording transcoded to stereo. The full hour-long minute recording can be enjoyed on Bandcamp: https://fieldsound.bandcamp.com/album/rocky-mountain-np-beaver-brook This is a public episode.…
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Chico Basin Creek
Captured May 21nd, 2023 at Chico Basin Ranch, southeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The full recording is 25 minutes long and available for free on Bandcamp: fieldsound.bandcamp.com/album/chico-basin-creek This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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Pawnee National Grassland
Captured May 22nd 2023 at Pawnee National Grassland in NE Colorado. The full recording is 1 hour long and available on Bandcamp: fieldsound.bandcamp.com/album/pawnee-grassland This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Cascade Head in June
This soundscape was recorded June 20th 2023 at Cascade Head on The Oregon Coast. Enjoy! For an audio journey through this landscape in March of this year, with my own musical accompaniment, visit my other podcast Soundwalk. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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Marquam Nature Park
Recorded today May 18, 2023 in Marquam Nature Park, amazingly less than a half mile from downtown Portland, Oregon and an Interstate Highway Junction. For more pure field recordings find me at: artist.link/fieldsound. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers…
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Athabasca River
Recorded July 5th. 2022 in Jasper, AB Canada by the wide and braided Athabasca River. For an immersive sound-rich exploration of the area with my original musical score check out my other podcast, Soundwalk: pods.link/soundwalk This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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Oaks Bottom Frogs
A field recording captured this very morning, Friday April 7th, 2023 at one of my favorite places in the universe: Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, Portland, Oregon USA. This is the chorus of the Pacific Tree Frog starting and stopping. It is uncommon for the time of day I tend to visit, so I was…
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Banff Basin Hot Springs
Recorded July 4th. 2022 at Banff Cave and Basin Historical Site. The flowing water in this recording has a higher pitch because it's hot. It down to physics: the molecules are moving around more than they are in cold water. Songbirds sing sweetly in this microclimate on an otherwise cool July...
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Molino Creek
Recorded Apr 25, 2022 in Molino Canyon, just outside of Tucson Arizona. For a musical "soundwalk" in this setting, visit my sibling podcast, Soundwalk: pods.link/soundwalk. Find a longer version of this recording on Bandcamp: artist.link/fieldsound This is a public episode. If you'd like to…
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Cave Creek Canyon - Whiskered Screech Owl
This soundscape was recorded April 23, 2022 at the South Fork Cave Creek Canyon Trailhead in the Chiricahua Mountains of SE Arizona, near Portal. It features Mexican Whip-poor-will, Acorn Woodpecker and Whiskered Screech Owl. For more field recordings visit artist.link/fieldsound. This is a…
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Patagonia Mesquite Grove
This soundscape was recorded April 22, 2022 at Patagonia Lake State Park on the Birding Trail which winds through Sonoita Canyon. For more field recordings visit artist.link/fieldsound. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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Sonoita Creek
This soundscape was recorded April 22, 2022 at Patagonia Lake State Park on the Birding Trail which winds through Sonoita Canyon. For more field recordings visit artist.link/fieldsound. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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Madera Canyon
The call of the Mexican Whip-poor-will at nightfall in Madera Canyon, AZ. Recorded April, 21 2022. For more pure field recordings find me at: artist.link/fieldsound. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Forest Park in Winter
Recorded February 3rd 2023 in Forest Park, Portland, Oregon. Let the high frequency calls of Downy Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee, Bushtit, Pacific Wren and others stimulate your senses! For more pure field recordings...
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Tanner Springs City Park
Recorded Dec 17th 2022 in downtown Portland, Oregon at Tanner Springs City Park. For more pure field recordings find me at: artist.link/fieldsound. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe
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Marquam Trail, Portland, OR.
Recorded Oct 12th 2022 in Portland, Oregon's Marquam Nature Park, on The Marquam Trail, less than a mile from downtown, I-5 and OHSU in an acoustically shielded ravine. For more pure field recordings find me at: artist.link/fieldsound. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...
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Wekiva
Recorded April 12th at Wekiva River Conservation Area, on the northern edge of suburban Orlando, Florida. For more pure field recordings find me at: artist.link/fieldsound. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Apopka Lake North Shore
Recorded on April 12th, 2022 on the north shore of Apopka Lake near Orlando Florida. To hear audio from nearby Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, with my original score, check out the latest episode of my related podcast Soundwalk at: pods.link/soundwalk. For more pure field recordings find...
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Sanibel Island
Recorded on April 11th, 2022 on J N Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida. To hear audio from a nearby barrier island at Lovers Key State Park, with my original score, check out the latest episode of my related podcast Soundwalk at: pods.link/soundwalk. For more pure...
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Kissimmee Prairie
Kissimmee Prairie is a tranquil and breathtaking grassland landscape in SE Florida. This soundscape was recorded on the evening of April 11, 2022. For the complete recording visit: artist.link/fieldsound This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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Everglades Anhinga Trail
Recorded at dawn on April 9th, 2022 on The Anhinga Trail at Everglades National Park. For a roving experience of the same soundscape, with the addition of my original score, check out the latest episode of my related podcast Soundwalk. The full 25 minute recording and many other field recordings...
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Everglades at Night
Recorded very, very early on the morning of April 9th, 2022 near the entrance to Everglades National Park. Links for more field recordings are at artist.link/fieldsound. For music + field recordings find me at artist.link/chadcrouch. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...
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Big Cypress Preserve
Recorded April 10, 2022 in Big Cypress Preserve, Florida. Links for more field recordings are at artist.link/fieldsound. For music + field recordings find me at artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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Cape Disappointment
Today's soundscape was recorded August 26th, 2022 at Cape Disappointment State Park in Washington. More specifically, at the rocky headland near Beards Hollow. Links for more field recordings are at artist.link/fieldsound. For music + field recordings find me at artist.link/chadcrouch This is a...
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Deep Creek
This recording was made at Deep Creek, near Spokane, Washington, in Riverside State Park July 1, 2022. Visit artist.link/fieldsound for links to the full recordings. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Pacific Forest Zephyr
Visit artist.link/fieldsound for links to hear the full 90 minute recording. Recorded in the remote Floras Lake State Park sitka spruce forest between Floras Lake and Blacklock point on a windy June 23rd, 2022. You'll hear the effervescent Pacific Wren, distant Swainson's Thrushes, Orange-crowned...
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Cougar Canyon Creek
Recorded at Cougar Creek Woods Community Park in Vancouver Washington on May 18, 2022. Find links to the entire 106 minute recording at artist.link/fieldsound This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Pacific Dawn Chorus
Recorded June 22, 2022 near Floras Lake on the Southern Oregon Coast. Links to the full length recording are at artist.link/fieldsound This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe
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Oaks Bottom Meadow
This recording was made at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge in SE Portland, Oregon on May 26th 2022. The original recording is about 22 minutes long, and is available now at Bandcamp, and all streaming platforms. Visit artist.link/fieldsound for links. This is a public episode. If you'd like to…
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Hoyt Arboretum Creek
This recording was made at Hoyt Arboretum in SW Portland, Oregon on June 10th 2022. The original recording is about 30 minutes long, and is available now at Bandcamp. It will be available on streaming platforms next week. Visit artist.link/fieldsound for links. This is a public episode. If you'd...
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Johnson Creek Sings
This recording was made at Tideman Johnson Natural Area in urban SE Portland, Oregon this morning, June 9th 2022. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe
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Forest Park Ephemeral Pond
This recording was made in Portland Oregon’s Forest Park on March 2nd 2022. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe
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Soundscape presents relaxing and renewing five minute field recordings captured in nature by Chad Crouch (using the recordist pseudonym Field Sound: artist.link/fieldsound). Premium subscribers get access to the complete recordings (10-90 minutes long)!
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