Charles M. Bogert – Sounds Of The American Southwest

Label: Folkways Records – FX 6122
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1959
Genre: Non-Music
Style: Field Recording, Education

Educational recordings of the dry American southwest from one-time Frog recordist Charles M. Bogert for Folkways.  (NM)

Tracklist
Chiricahua Mountain Region Sounds Of The Dry Season 
A1 Western Mourning Dove (Zenaidura Macroura Marginella), Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 0:31
A2 Western Mockingbird (Mimus Polyglottos Leucopterus), Cave Creek 1:14
A3 Javalina (Pecari Angulatus Sonoriensis), Juvenile Uttering Squeals That Presumably Serve To Call Parent Under Natural Conditions 1:10
A4 Western Robin (Turdus Migratorius Propinquus), Singing, With Call Of Western White-Winged Dove (Melopelia Asiatica Mearnsi), In The Background 0:55
A5 Western Diamond-Back Rattlesnake (Crotalus Atrox), Adult Rattling, Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 0:36
A6 Morning Chorus Of Birds In Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts, Principally The Black-Headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus M. Melanocephalus) Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus Vociferans), And The Calls, As Well As The Drumming Of The California Woodpecker (Balanosphyra Formicivora Aculeata) 2:31
A7 Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus Platycerus Platycerus), Wing-Flutter, With Water From Spring Trickling In The Background, As Humming Birds Drink At Rustler Park, Chiricahua 1:27
A8 Stephen's Whippoorwill (Caprimulgus Vociferus Arizonae), Calls Of Several At An Elevation Of 8,000 Feet In Rustler Park, Chiricahua Mts 0:54
A9 Male Western Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus Pallescens), Hooting, Recorded In Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 1:03
A10 Tree Cricket (Oecanthus Niveus), Recorded In Sycamore Tree Near Mouth Of Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 0:56
Chiricahua Mountain Region Sounds Of The Wet Season 
A11 Thunderstorm, Turkey Creek, Chiricahua Mts 1:56
A12 Flash Flood, Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 0:52
A13 Western Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus H. Hammondi), Calling In Open Pond, 2 Miles East Of Portal, Arizona 0:25
A14 Western Spadefoot Toad, Mating Chorus, 2 Miles East Of Portal, Arizona 0:16
A15 Western Spadefoot Toad, In Hand 0:29
A16 Black-Tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus Molossus) Adult Rattling, Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 1:18
A17 Canyon Tree Frog (Hyla Arenicolor), Mating Call In Open, Painted Canyon, Chiricahua Mts 0:29
A18 Canyon Tree Frog, Mating Call In Deep Pool, Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 0:27
A19 Canyon Tree Frog, In Hand 0:12
A20 Desert Toad (Bufo Punctatus), Mating Call, Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 0:49
A21 Sonoran Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus Couchi), Mating Chorus, 2 Miles East Of Portal, Arizona 0:47
A22 Sonoran Spadefoot Toad And Western Spadefoot Toad, Mixed Chorus, 2 Miles East Of Portal, Arizona 1:01
A23 Sonoran Spadefoot Toad, In Hand 0:32
A24 Desert Bobcat (Lynx Rufus Baileyi), Growl Of Juvenile Captured A Few Hours Earlier In Round Valley, Arizona 1:06
A25 Longhorn Beetle (Romaleum Hispicorne), Squeaks Produced When Seized, Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 0:37
A26 Great Plains Toad (Bufo Cognatus) And Little Green Toad (Bufo Debilis Insidior) In Foreground, With Western Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus H. Hammondi) In Background 1:12
A27 Little Green Toad, In Hand 0:57
A28 Great Plains Toad (Bufo Cognatus), Mating Chorus, San Simon Valley, New Mexico 0:41
A29 Western Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus Pallescens), Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts, Arizona, Crickets Of Various Species In The Background 1:23
Tucson Region Sounds Of The Wet Season 
B1 Inca Dove (Scardafella Inca Inca) And Red-Shafted Flicker (Colaptes Chrysoides Mearnsi) Calls, Tucson, Arizona 1:09
B2 Javalina Or Peccary (Pecary Angulatus Sonoriensis), Grunts, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, With Flies Present 2:15
B3 Longhorn Beetle (Prionus Curvatus), Sounds Produced When Seized, Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts 0:31
B4 Desert Bobcat (Lynx Rufus Baileyi) Chirping, William H. Woodin Ranch, Tucson, Arizona 0:25
B5 Tiger Rattlesnake (Crotatus Tigris), Rattling Of Adult From Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico 1:00
B6 Sonoran Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus Couchi), Colorado River Toad (Bufo Alvarius), And Western Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus H. Hammondi), Mixed Chorus. Rillito Wash, Near Tucson. Includes Clucking Near End As One Male Approaches Another 6:46
B7 Male Colorado River Toad (Bufo Alvarius), Warning Croak Or Clucking When Approached By Another Male 1:47
Pacific Region 
B8 Pacific Tree Frog (Hyla Regilla), Mating Chorus, Topanga Canyon, Santa Monica Mts, California 0:25
B9 Pacific Tree Frog Chorus, With Individual Calls Of California Canyon Tree Frog (Hyla "Arenicolor") In Background, Lake Fulmor, San Jacinto Mts, Callifornia 1:56
B10 Great Plains Toad (Bufo Cognatus) Mating Chorus, Near Cathedral City, California 1:12
Miscellaneous Sounds 
B11 Mountain Lion Or Puma (Felis Concolor), Purr Of Captive In Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 0:48
B12 Arizona Twin-Spotted Rattlesnake (Crotatus P. Pricei), Rattling Of Adult Specimen, Barfoot Park, 8500 Feet Elevation In Chiricahua Mts 0:48
B13 Mojave Rattler (Crotatus S. Scutulatus), Rattling Of Half-Grown Individual From Apache, Arizona 1:23
B14 Sonoran Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus Couchi), When Seized By A Hognosed Snake (Heteron Nasicus), Near Apache, Arizona