{"id":534,"date":"2018-10-28T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T22:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/?p=534"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T23:08:18","slug":"beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":"Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/a2649452060_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/a2649452060_10-530x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"530\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/a2649452060_10-530x530.jpg 530w, https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/a2649452060_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/a2649452060_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/a2649452060_10-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/a2649452060_10-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/a2649452060_10.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Beaver Lake<\/h4>\n<h4>Northern Oregon Coast Range<\/h4>\n<p>Oregon Soundscapes<br \/>\nby John Hartog<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRelax and enjoy these live recordings.<br \/>\nSix twenty-minute selections &#8211; 120 minutes total.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCurrently available for online streaming or as a digital download of high quality MP3, 16bit WAV or FLAC.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oregonsoundscapes.com\/album\/beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range\" title=\"Click here to visit the album website\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to visit the album website<\/a> or use the player below.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 340px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2543235953\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=e99708\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonsoundscapes.com\/album\/beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range\">Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range by John Hartog<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nHundreds of years of depredation, first against the North American Beaver and then against a vast and lofted fog belt forest that once promoted giant Sitka Spruce, Western Red-cedar, and Western Hemlock\u2026 today the ecosystem remains degraded and fragmented.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFor some small patches, like this small coastal lake, beavers have returned from near extinction to restore and steward a wild habitat.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis peaceful refuge is also treasured by people. The community maintains a walking trail here. Visitors come to find quietude and connect with nature.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nEach of these stereo recordings tells a story in real time with depth and breadth, natural ambient rhythms, and a variety of biological voices.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nListen for the voices and sounds of:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nNorth American Beaver (Castor canadensis)<br \/>\nPacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)<br \/>\nPacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla) aka Tree Frog<br \/>\nAmerican Robin (Turdus migratorius)<br \/>\nSong Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)<br \/>\nSteller&#8217;s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)<br \/>\nVaried Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)<br \/>\nCommon Merganser (Mergus merganser)<br \/>\nMallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and other ducks<br \/>\nNorthern Pygmy Owl (or possibly Northern Saw-whet Owl)<br \/>\nDouglas&#8217; Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhat else do you hear?<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Track 01: Terraced inlet <\/h4>\n<p>Recorded April 11 2005 at 07:45<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2543235953\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=e99708\/artwork=none\/track=1023980350\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonsoundscapes.com\/album\/beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range\">Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range by John Hartog<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWater from fog drips through boughs and stout branches of a towering Sitka spruce, sprinkling on the water, plunking on broad leaves of the fragrantly blooming skunk cabbage that grow in shallow terraced pools made by beavers. As drizzling mist lifts with the morning, Pacific wren sing exuberantly in long delicate phrases.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nListen for Pacific wren, varied thrush, a Steller&#8217;s jay\u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Track 02: Singing for the rain <\/h4>\n<p>Recorded April 17 2005 at 20:10, after dark<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2543235953\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=e99708\/artwork=none\/track=3397608860\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonsoundscapes.com\/album\/beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range\">Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range by John Hartog<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs daylight fades on a cool and moist evening, Pacific chorus frogs (Pseudocris regilla) celebrate along the marshy shore. An American robin (Turdus migratorius) chuckles a while before settling in.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nMisty rain falls, and water drips from a red alder that leans over the water. A North American beaver (Castor Canadensis) speaks to another in a joyful singing voice &#8211; and a tail slaps the water.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Track 03: A wind at dawn <\/h4>\n<p>Recorded April 23 2005 at 05:46<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2543235953\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=e99708\/artwork=none\/track=1658290170\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonsoundscapes.com\/album\/beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range\">Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range by John Hartog<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOn a breezy morning, while distant voices are obscured by the wind, the nearby songs of the Pacific wren (Troglodytes pacificus) roll with the rhythmic breezes gusting softly through the trees.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAlso listen for:<br \/>\nAmerican Robin (Turdus migratorius)<br \/>\nVaried Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)<br \/>\nDouglas&#8217; Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Track 04: Mergansers landing<\/h4>\n<p>Recorded April 30 2006 at 20:43, dusk.<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2543235953\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=e99708\/artwork=none\/track=2418866848\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonsoundscapes.com\/album\/beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range\">Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range by John Hartog<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nA small flock of eight or so common mergansers (Mergus merganser) gathers nightly on the sheltered water. One by one, they drop through the high canopy and swoop low with roaring wings and skim to a rest on the water.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Track 05: Owl and flowing water <\/h4>\n<p>Recorded April 28 2006 at 04:30, predawn<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2543235953\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=e99708\/artwork=none\/track=249389050\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonsoundscapes.com\/album\/beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range\">Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range by John Hartog<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe ambience of water sounds at the lake inlet are complemented by spells of hoots in the canopy from a Northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma), or possibly a Northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus).<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Track 06: Beaver Lake just after dark <\/h4>\n<p>Recorded August 08 2011 at 21:25<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2543235953\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=e99708\/artwork=none\/track=4080278772\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonsoundscapes.com\/album\/beaver-lake-northern-oregon-coast-range\">Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range by John Hartog<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWait quietly at dusk along the path between the forest edge and the shore, crouch low behind a thicket of slough sedge and salmonberry, and listen. You might hear the activities of the North American beaver (Castor canadensis).<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nMaterial from  this track was previously released as a 3-minute version.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Beaver Lake, Northern Oregon Coast Range<\/h4>\n<p>by John Hartog<br \/>\nAlbum released October 3, 2018<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRecorded and produced by John Hartog.<br \/>\nEdited to treat or remove instances of distant highway noise and other problematic sounds.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCopyright 2018 John Hartog, all rights reserved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beaver Lake Northern Oregon Coast Range Oregon Soundscapes by John Hartog &nbsp; Relax and enjoy these live recordings. Six twenty-minute selections &#8211; 120 minutes total. &nbsp; Currently available for online streaming or as a digital download of high quality MP3, 16bit WAV or FLAC. &nbsp; Click here to visit the album website or use the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockscallop.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}