This recording was gathered on a calm, partly cloudy morning beside Trout Lake at the Shasta Valley Wildlife Area in Siskiyou County, California. The area is administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and preserves well over 4,000 acres of prime wildlife habitat. You can learn more about it at https://wildlife.ca.gov/Lands/Places-to-Visit/Shasta-Valley-WA.

I was able to gather this recording while maintaining proper social distancing guidelines during this ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. I am fortunate to live in a rural area of Northern California and am able to safely and easily get out into nature with no social interaction whatsoever. For those of you who are not so fortunate, I hope this or any of my recordings can provide you with a little peace during this stressful and anxious time. I also hope that wherever you are in the world, you are safe, healthy, and doing the best you can in the midst of these extraordinary circumstances that we all, around the world, are enduring. 

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