Late November to mid-March is peak humpback whale season in Hawaii. Every year thousands of them migrate from waters off Alaska to the Hawaiian islands, where they give birth, mate, and nurse their young until they're strong enough to make the journey back to rich feeding grounds in the cold waters of the North Pacific.…Read more Ka’anapali Humpback Whalesong – Maui, HI
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New Neighbors
Cutting to the chase - we have coyotes in the neighborhood. Truth be told, these days there are coyotes in most neighborhoods, but this is a new thing for me. I remember as a kid, maybe 15 years old, we heard one deep in the mountains of western Virginia on a backpacking trip - and…Read more New Neighbors
Spring Peepers
Instead of publishing a picture tonight, I'm going to share the sounds of spring. This was recorded about a week and a half ago (late April), just down the street at a cattail-lined drainage pond in the neighborhood. Hundreds of little frogs about the size of your thumbnail, calling to each other from dusk until…Read more Spring Peepers
Great Horned Owl – Territorial Call
A short post to share some audio! During the weekend camping and sailing last week, we had an early wakeup call at 4am, when a Great Horned Owl set up shop in a tree directly over my tent, and started making territorial declarations in a duet with another owl about 200 yards away across an…Read more Great Horned Owl – Territorial Call
Flying Squirrel Outdoors 