19 Mar, 2012
The sound of Emerald Meadows
Posted by andrea tomkins in: Multimedia experiments| Ottawa
Er. Ok. I have been obsessing with the art of sound recently. Can you forgive my whims? :)
This particular area is near where my inlaws live in Kanata. It’s a parkland next to a farmer’s field near Meadowbreeze Park. It’s a Stormwater Management Pond; a “constructed wetland” to prevent flooding in the neighbourhood. The result is a scenic little area that supports a lot of different wildlife including redwing blackbirds, a ton of geese, ducks, and even the occasional cormorant and beaver.
The farmer’s field next door has been sold and will be home to a sprawling new development. This makes me a little sad, to think of our need to expand and encroach and slowly take over. Goodbye sweeping vistas, hello pavement. Oh well. At least there’s a Stormwater Management Pond eh?
Anyway, this is a 30-second clip of what it sounded like as we walked along the path yesterday. It was a riot of robins. Turn up your speakers and click to listen. [p.s this doesn't seem to work on iPhones. Sorry folks.]
Here’s a really nice photo Mark took too.
It was the perfect end to a pretty perfect March Break.
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