LIVE FIELD JOURNAL

Wimberley Wildlife

A field journal from our listening station in the woods.

The East Texas woods

Listening continuously · Updated throughout the day

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Morning Chorus

The first voices and changing sounds of dawn.

Today in East Texas

Sunrise
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Dawn Soundscape

Hear the morning unfold

A few defining moments from today’s chorus, gathered from the listening station.

Today’s Chorus Timeline

The woods, waking minute by minute

Each mark represents an active minute; larger marks mean more calls were detected. Select a species name to hear that species as a playlist, or explore the activity graph below for detections per minute.

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Chorus at a Glance

The dawn chorus

First Voices Today

Early risers

    Weather During the Chorus

    At peak chorus

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    Full-Day Soundscape

    Follow the voices of the woods as they gather, fade, and return across twenty-four hours.

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    Building the 24-hour soundscape...

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    Recently Heard

    The latest sounds noticed at the station.

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    Weather Now

    At the listening station.

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    About the Listening Station

    From the edge of the East Texas woods, a small listening station records the changing voices of birds, frogs, insects, and other wildlife throughout the day.

    The project began as a way to document the living landscape surrounding Wimberley Puzzle Company and to turn everyday observations into an ongoing field journal.

    How it works

    Recordings are gathered outdoors and paired with weather context, creating a time-stamped record of the changing soundscape.

    An outdoor microphone listens continuously. Automated acoustic analysis suggests likely species, while recordings, detections, and weather notes become part of the live field journal.

    The Listening Station, Live

    How sound becomes a field journal—and how each part of the station is working now.

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    1. Listen

      An outdoor microphone listens continuously to the woods.

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    2. Identify

      BirdNET suggests likely species from the sound.

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    3. Add Context

      Weather, daylight, and time help place each sound in context.

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    4. Share

      Detections, audio, and observations become the public field journal.

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