Recently here in far southern Illinois a mass of strong winds decided to push up into our area in the overnight hours. This recording of a windy soundscape …
February 22nd, 2026
A soundscape of the atmosphere in a small town in Illinois on a very cold day. Temp was 16 degrees farenheit with a wind chill of zero degrees …
February 1st, 2026
A blissfully quiet recording featuring the soft, delicate smacking of waves on shoreline boulders at Kinkaid Lake in southern Illinois. As I recorded this, on January 1 2026, …
January 4th, 2026
Recorded in a small town in southern Illinois on Friday December 5 2025.
The soundscape is a gathering of people excited to attend the official Lighting of the …
Although I almost always post nature recordings, I'm also fascinated by recording the sounds of gatherings of people. The various sentence fragments, laughs and various exclamations capture my …
December 6th, 2025
While the sights of autumn here in Illinois are becoming very vivid, with the oranges, and yellows, golds and reds filling the woods, the sounds of autumn - …
November 8th, 2025
A very peaceful soundscape of a very very quiet small Illinois town during the middle of the day.
Quiet except for the melancholy sound of dry, autumn leaves …
October 22nd, 2025
A soundscape of early autumn in Illinois' Shawnee National Forest, recorded on Saturday October 18 2025.
It's basically pretty quiet, except for some wind rushing through the changing …
October 18th, 2025
A very quiet soundscape recorded on early October of 2025 in the Oakwood Bottoms area of southern Illinois. Hope you enjoy this serene autumn scene.
Equipment- SONY PCM …
October 13th, 2025
A recording of walking in the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois in October of 2025. Many dry leaves are on the forest floor and deliver a wonderful crunch …
October 12th, 2025
Parades, I'm sure, number the tens of thousands on this planet every year. Many people enjoy watching parades and even taking part in parades.
Here in southern Illinois, …
October 7th, 2025
A nightime recording of young kids playing, fairly late at night, at a neighborhood park in a small Illinois town.
The genuine sound of the kids, with not …
October 6th, 2025
A peaceful, calming outdoor small-town soundscape. This was recorded on September 8 2025 at 7:30 at night in a small Midwestern Town. For my equipment, I used a …
September 29th, 2025
An enjoyable soundscape of the unique sounds of pickleball being played at a park in a small, southern Illinois town.
Recorded on Monday September 1 2025.
Equipment:
Recorder …
September 6th, 2025
As summer continues to hold sway, despite shorter days here in the northern hemisphere, the beautiful Song Sparrow ramps up its singing.
This was recorded in a wooded …
August 4th, 2025