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“And so we’re going to have a drastically different looking forest,” he says. This is their voice telling us the story.”Īnd part of the story they are telling is about the changing climate, and what it means for wildlife populations. “And to think, these are the stories of Acadia in their own voice. It like throws its head up in the air, and it looks like it’s snatching an insect, and it does its kind of gulping thing. “I could see the whole body experience of this bird. It came unexpectedly close, and she was able to capture a clear recording. Now she and her team have assembled over 1,200, establishing an audio baseline for future researchers.Įarlier this month, she came upon an American bittern, a tall skinny wetlands bird that is in steep decline. To create a baseline for studying that change in the decades to come, Sebastianelli is part of a group of volunteers that make field recordings of as many species as they can, while they’re still here.īefore Sebastianelli started her field recordings, there were just 58 tracks of bird calls from Acadia National Park archived on tape. But as the climate changes, those populations are in flux. Over the course of a year, Acadia National Park is home to more than 300 species of birds. A sign at Acadia National Park encouraging visitors to share their park experiences through photos and audio recordings to help document how climate change impacts the park.