Chiricahua dawn from Crossroads by Wild Mountain Echoes

The Chiricahuas are one of the larger mountain ranges in the Madrean Archipelago. It has also suffered some very large wildfires in the past couple of decades, include one just a few years ago. Although many of the large Douglas-fir trees were killed by the fire, many of the oak trees are resprouting. This recording features a number of Mexican species of birds that barely cross into the US to breed, including Mexican Whip-poor-wills, Mexican jays, Gould’s Turkeys, and Red-faced Warblers. If you listen closely, you can hear the dawn chorus change as the night callers go quiet and the late-rising birds join the chorus. Recorded in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, on May 20, 2013.

Natural soundscapes recorded in the western United States, by ecologist Christine Hass.