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Busy episode with leopard frogs, blue jays, active chipmunks chirping and running around the microphone, creaky trees, and birds i don't know in an elm-maple flatwoods.

Windy day in a hickory stand adjacent to Snakey Point Marsh with occasional Canada geese.

Very still and quiet upland oak forest.

Bottomland hardwood forest adjacent to the Wabash River.

Small stand adjacent to Hovey Lake with vocal birds. Barred owl at 11:52.

Ridge-ravine hardwood forest with frogs in the distance.

Early spring in an oak forest adjacent to the campground.

Winter wind through a constructed butterfly habitat field on the forest edge. Sandhill cranes starting at 18:23.

Winter oak-hickory forest on a ridge. I left in more traffic noise than normal because the red-bellied woodpeckers were vocal.

Very windy willow and cottonwood stand on the edge of a waterfowl habitat restoration area.

Very windy day in an oak-hickory forest with squeaky creaky trees.

The loudest episode. The Lower Fossil Beds with the constant roar of the Upper Tainter Gates.

Rich beech-maple stand in a mixed hardwood forest (with oaks and hickories) and a thick midstory of paw paw. I left in some traffic noise because that's when the critters were active.

DECEMBER - Active birds as it was a warm, sunny day. An acorn falls from high and lands near the recorder (24:13). For 2021, I recorded at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Sugar maple stand. Some normal fall activity.

A windy emergent wetland next to Chenango Lake.

NOVEMBER - Leaves are falling and the highway noise is louder. Active chipmunks and squirrels preparing for winter. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Constant katydid or cricket. Sandhill cranes, blue jays, crows, and chipmunks were active in a low box elder forest.

OCTOBER - I setup the recorder about 5 minutes before the rain starts -- at 4:17 in the episode -- and it continues throughout. For 2021, I'm going to record at the same location monthly. It is in an oak-maple forest at the base of an ancient sand dune. This is the same park from Episode 1.

Oak, hickory, and basswood forest along the banks of the Huron River. Constant trill of crickets and occasional mosquitoes. I did trim out the bulk of fly-overs, but since DTW is so close, jet after jet passed by.