Kananaskis Dawn
3/2/202619 min
About an hour’s drive west of Calgary, Alberta in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains is an area known as Kananaskis Country.
Within this nearly 1 million acres of land are towering mountains, alpine meadows, glaciers, forests, lakes, wetlands, grasslands, and thickets. Over 130 species of birds nest in Kananaskis Country, including many songbirds.
I’ve felt a draw to return to this place ever since I first camped here when I was 13.
The imagery of the mountains, sky, and forests have never left me. But I didn’t remember much a...
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First 90 secondsRob Porter· Host0:00
[birds chirping] So I'm just along the highway, 5:30 AM. Kananaskis Trail is the name of the highway. Got Chipping Sparrow. And this Swainson's Thrush. In a couple hours, it'll be very difficult to record on this road. Be a lot of traffic. Not like a huge amount, but the sky's big here. Sounds tr- travel far, so each car that comes and goes, it's around a minute of sound of that vehicle. And here comes one now, so, [laughs] guess I'm done with the Swainson's Thrush.