Green Lake Public Library (Caestecker)

NPR sound treks

eng

not applicable

not applicable

other

NPR sound treks

compact disc

not applicable

703613731

A collection of NPR pieces originally broadcast between 2000-2010 reporting on outdoor adventure in a variety of locations

Disc 1: Animals. Introduction / by Jon Hamilton -- Holy baboon! : a "mystical" moment in Africa (Morning edition, December 22, 2009) -- Radio gift : John Nielsen and the northern elephant seal (Day to day, December 27, 2007) -- Decoding the hyena's laugh (All things considered, April 3, 2010 -- Alpha bison : the quieter bellow wins the females (Morning edition, June 8, 2009) -- Making "living with lions" practical in Kenya (Day to day, March 11, 2009) -- Otterly adorable, but born to be wild (All things considered, March 17, 2009) -- Recording story rattles producer (Weekend edition Saturday, September 6, 2008) -- Close encounters with the Adirondack black bear (Weekend edition Sunday, September 2, 2001) -- Hear them roar : noisy new world monkeys (Morning edition, January 28, 2008) -- What wildlife lurks in Central Park by night (All things considered, July 7, 2008) -- Gorilla population up 14 years after genocide (All things considered, April 22, 2008) -- Slo-mo cricket chirps reveal secret serenades (Morning edition, October 19, 2009) -- Sounds give researchers clues to elephants (Morning edition, August 17, 2009) -- Chasing after the elusive narwhal (Morning edition, August 18, 2009)Disc 2: Adventures. Introduction / by John Hamilton -- Racing for adventure in Borneo (Weekend edition, Saturday, April 17, 2004) -- The Unger report : indoor skydiving (Day to day, January 5, 2004) -- Leaping down under (Morning edition, June 30, 2000) -- Sliders : racing down Berkeley's steep hills (Day to day, July 26, 2005) -- Braving the Badwater Ultramarathon (All things considered, July 31, 2002) -- Airboarding : surfing the slopes, belly-first (Day to day, February 15, 2006) -- Whitewater rafting on New York's Hudson River (Weekend edition Sunday, July 13, 2003) -- Rock climber Chris Sharma chases next "king line" (All things considered, November 1, 2007) -- Kayaking in Alaska (All things considered, July 31, 2004) -- "Climbing blind" in the Himalayas (Weekend edition, Saturday, May 14, 2005)Disc 3: Birds. Introduction / by John Hamilton -- Connecting with wrens (with help from an iPod) (All things considered, July 21, 2008) -- Storm petrels fill the air (Morning edition, July 30, 2008) -- The music of wild birds (All things considered, March 22, 2004) -- New York birders make winter rounds (All things considered, February 25, 2006) -- Bird watching (All things considered, January 5, 2001) -- Proud lyrebird steps up to the microphone (Morning edition, November 28, 2008) -- Song of the antbird reveals avian adultery (Morning edition, March 23, 2009) -- The magic hedge : haven for a lost bird in Chicago (All things considered, September 22, 2008) -- The laughing kookaburra (Morning edition, August 25, 2008) -- Colorful Hua Mei birds put pigeons to shame (All things considered, August 26, 2007) -- Figuring out cuckoos (Morning edition, March 17, 2003) -- A bird with a catlike name-- and sound (Morning edition, December 10, 2008) -- Purple martins make a comeback in Chicago (All things considered, August 17, 2007) -- How birds can capture a kid's imagination (Morning edition, August 25, 2008) -- A colony of screechers and wailers (Morning edition, January 27, 2009) -- The joy of breeding pigeons (Day to day, September 24, 2008) -- My hummingbird summer (All things considered, April 4, 2005)

not applicable

National Public Radio sound treks