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The Macaulay Library in the Sonic Sea

The Macaulay Library in the Sonic Sea
By Macaulay Library Team
Jacques Cousteau’s The Silent World (1956) seriously underestimated the sounds marine life make, but he may have captured a bygone time when the ocean was quieter than it is now. The Sonic Sea documents the cacophony humans have created in the ocean. With increasingly global commerce, ships with loud engines are crisscrossing oceans on super highways,…
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A World of Sound—Juan Pablo Culasso

A World of Sound—Juan Pablo Culasso
By Team eBird
Livestream the Cornell Lab’s Monday Night Seminar on Monday, April 3 at 7:30PM EDT, where Juan Pablo Culasso will be sharing his inspiring story about ornithology and audio recording as a blind birdwatcher: A World of Sound. Juan Pablo is from Uruguay, and travels throughout the world, continually proving that you don’t need sight to truly see. He…
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Introducing community rating for photos and sounds!

Introducing community rating for photos and sounds!
By Team eBird
With more than 2.5 million images already in the Macaulay Library/eBird media collection, and thousands more added every day, it’s important to be able to find what you’re looking for. To that end, we’ve recently enabled the capability for any logged-in eBird user to rate the quality of any piece of media in the collection.…
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Macaulay Goes to the Movies

Macaulay Goes to the Movies
By Macaulay Library Team
The bird songs recorded in the Macaulay Library can provide serious entertainment. Recordings from the collection are used for media productions, either for authentic representations of animal sounds, or mixed to create an entertaining atmosphere. You may have heard a strange, prehistoric cry from the mythical phoenix Fawkes in the Warner Brothers movie Harry Potter…
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“What is Missing?”

“What is Missing?”
By Macaulay Library Team
  A Multimedia Exhibit by Artist Maya Lin World renowned artist Maya Lin created a one-of-a-kind multimedia experience to explore species extinction and our perception and memories of the past, present and future. What is Missing debuted in 2009, and is an on-going interactive project for visitors to explore videos and sounds, learn about species and habitat loss,…
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