Nature All Around Us

Nature All Around Us is a special exhibition created by the Natural History Museum of Utah that introduces visitors to the nature thriving right under our no...

I missed this video when it came out, but seeing it now is a nice reminder of a special project I was involved with last year. I recorded and designed most of the sounds for the exhibit ‘Nature All Around Us,’ which, alas, would still be running if not for the current pandemic. Maybe they’ll bring it back for another showing when the world opens up again!

Recording during the pandemic part 2


It may be too late in the season to get a really dramatic dawn chorus (in Seattle, at least), but sometimes less is more. This was captured along the side of the road last week. Loop it as background sound for your next Zoom meeting.

This was recorded during the pandemic lockdown along the side of the road near Stossel Creek in Washington. Normally such a recording would be filled with airplanes and traffic noise. Not on this day. No filtering was necessary. Copyright Jeff Rice, 2020. All rights reserved.

Recording during the pandemic

Most of the places I like to go near Seattle are closed, but there are still opportunities to record along the side of the road. As you might guess, traffic is down considerably and there are almost no airplanes, so the conditions are pretty good. These woodpeckers rang out on Easter morning near Harris Creek in King County.

Woodpeckers drum near the road along Harris Creek in King County, Washington. Recorded at sunrise on Easter Sunday 2020 by Jeff Rice.

'Rhino' sounds in new video

The nasal squawks of rhinoceros auklets are among the most popular sounds in my collection. You can hear some of them in this great new video from Salish Sea Wild.

On a risky mission to remote, rugged Destruction Island, Team SeaDoc tries to solve the mysteries of the Tufted Puffin in the hopes of saving this charismati...

Herring music

If a video producer asks if you have anything that goes well with herring, the answer is always yes. Check out the latest episode of Salish Sea Wild, which includes some of my music in the underwater scenes.

Team SeaDoc witnesses the Pacific Northwest's most awesome wildlife spectacle as more than 100 million spawning herring lure the greatest annual gathering of Salish Sea predators to the Strait of Georgia. Join us for front-row seats above and below the water as thousands of marine mammals and seabirds, hundreds of hungry raptors, and packs of killer whales assemble for the feast.


New exhibit opens this week

If you are in Salt Lake City this week: The exhibit Nature All Around Us opens for previews tonight at the Natural History Museum of Utah. I contributed most of the recordings and sound design, from spooky rumbles in an underground crawl space to the creation of the perfect backyard soundscape. It was one of the more extensive sound installations I have produced, with seven different immersive environments in all. Check it out!

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KGB microphone

Dateline Estonia: Every visit to the country of Estonia should include a tour of the KGB Museum at the Viru Hotel. The Soviets occupied Estonia until two years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. After achieving their independence in 1991, Estonians were able to gain access to the KGB offices at the Viru where Soviet spooks had spied on patrons during the cold war. I took this picture on a recent visit. It shows a wireless microphone in the form of a bread plate. Beware offers of complimentary bread from the kitchen.

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