Night Creatures of the Little Lakes

from harkening critters compilation,
CD + Digital Album, 2024

This composition is made from sounds recorded over four nights in June 2023 near Little Lakes on the Territory of the Anishnabek Nation also known as Huron County in Ontario, Canada. These lakes are located in a patch of old-growth forest which is currently under the threat of erasure by a gravel company.

While the local community has worked diligently to protect the forest and its irreplaceable ecosystem, the gravel company hired “experts” to make an environmental assessment which uncovered no significant animal life and specifically noted that there were no amphibians in this area. You might believe this statement if you stop by for a moment during the day, but if you happen to be there after dark, your ears will tell you a different story.

This composition features green frogs, American bullfrogs, coyotes, redwing blackbirds, black-capped chickadees, mourning doves, roosters, red squirrels, crickets, raccoons, rabbits, beavers, and a few unidentified species.

Released September 20, 2024 on forms of minutiae as a part of harkening critters  compilation.

photo by Alëna Korolëva