Wild Sounds of the Northwoods
by Lang Elliott, NatureSound Studio

Experience the sounds of 100 northwoods species of frogs, mammals, insects, and birds with this unique 60-minute audio guide and accompanying 36-page booklet. Each species is identified by name on the audio, followed by superb examples of its calls. The companion booklet provides written descriptions of each species' sounds along with habitat information and interesting facts.

Northwoods is defined as the transitional area where northern hardwood forest gradually gives way to the boreal evergreen forest. In the United States, this region stretches from Maine to Minnesota and includes lake country as well as high mountains, open bogs, upland meadows, and dense forest. In Canada, the northwoods stretches from Manitoba to the Maritime Provinces.

65-minute audio with 36-page booklet
Cassette version suggested retail: $12.95
Compact Disc version suggested retail: $16.95

See below for ordering information and list of species.

Below is a RealAudio soundfile optimized for 28.8 modems. To play this file, you will need a recent version of the RealPlayer.

American Beaver (RealAudio segment from guide + booklet text)

Habitat: Dams up small streams to create optimal swampland habitat. Also frequents lakes and ponds.

Voice: An alarmed beaver will slap its flat tail against the water before diving, alerting other beaver to danger. Beaver produce moaning sounds which can be heard coming from dens or open water at night. When eating bark, raspy chewing sounds are made that can be heard a hundred feet away.

ORDERING INFORMATION: The above guide is published by NorthSound Music Group, which filed for bankruptcy in February 2002. Inventory is still available. Individuals who want to order using their credit card should phone 1-800-432-8376, which is a store in Virginia called One Good Tern. Wholesale customers (= stores, nature centers, etc.) should try ordering from the two following wholesale distributors:

Common Ground Distributors: 1-800-654-0626

Universal Music: 1-8004-28-4439 (You will need to tell them it's a "NorthSound " product; otherwise they will be confused)

List of 100 species covered in this guide:

Frogs and Toads

Spring Peeper

Wood Frog

American Toad

Gray Treefrog

Northern Leopard Frog

Pickerel Frog

Mink Frog

Green Frog

Bullfrog

Western Chorus Frog

 

Mammals

Timber Wolf

Coyote

River Otter

Raccoon

White-tailed Deer

Eastern Chipmunk

Red Squirrel

American Beaver

Porcupine

 

Insect

Pine Sawyer

 

Birds

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

American Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Common Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Sandhill Crane

Virginia Rail

Yellow Rail

Sora

Spotted Sandpiper

American Woodcock

Common Snipe

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Northern Harrier

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Ruffed Grouse

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

Long-eared Owl

Great Gray Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Whip-poor-will

Common Nighthawk

Belted Kingfisher

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Hairy Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Tree Swallow

Common Raven

Gray Jay

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Winter Wren

Marsh Wren

Sedge Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Wood Thrush

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Solitary Vireo

Nashville Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Northern Parula

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Ovenbird

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Scarlet Tanager

Lincoln's Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird

Pine Siskin

Purple Finch

Evening Grosbeak

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