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growing coalition of scientists, educators, and citizens are working together
to expand a regional hydrophone network in the Salish Sea. This site is part
of the SeaSound
Project of The Whale Museum and is an experiment in sharing real-time
underwater sound. The goals are to monitor the critical habitat of endangered
southern resident killer whales to detect orca sounds and measure ambient noise
levels. Listen live via the links in the table or in the pop-up description you get by clicking the green markers on the map. For some hydrophones you can also watch live video from nearby (by clicking on the camera icons). The other icons show other hydrophones in the region that have not yet been networked. Listening challenge: Help notify researchers when orcas are in the Salish Sea. If you hear killer whales please email detection@orcasound.net or log your observations in a collaborative Google spreadsheet. Use the Salish Sea sound tutor to learn to tell which pod is present based on the calls they use most often. Use web cams and other real-time sensors around the Salish Sea to figure out what else you might be hearing. If you don't hear anything interesting live, you can hear archived sounds in the "greatest hits" player below, or via the sound archive links in the table. You can also read about past events and acoustic analyses in the blog -- http://orcasound.net/wp/activity
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View Salish Sea Hydrophone Network in a larger map |
| Click on the links in this column to listen to underwater sound from each location. (If the link doesn't work, see the listening guidance below.) |
Follow links in this column to explore archived sounds and details about the hydrophone location. |
Listen to Port Townsend Marine Science CenterWatch live video from the Port Townsend Towercam(located a few km to the south of the hydrophone; KX-HCM280A Panasonic Network Camera with West-East presets: 8 = Keystone; 3 = Point Hudson; 5 = Marrowstone Point) |
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Listen to Neah Bay(With thanks to the Makah Tribe and Jonathan Scordino.) |
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The real-time streams and the Salish Sea hydrophone network are brought to you by our project partners at each node and the administrative team: Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School Colorado College Physics and Environmental Science Departments The Whale Museum of Friday Harbor With generous support from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). If you would like to contribute financially, please consider making a donation:  
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Listening guidance
To listen to these links, you must be able to receive ShoutCast streams. iTunes
will do the job (on Mac or Windows computers) for free, though you may need to copy the link and paste it in
"Open Audio Stream" under the "Advanced" menu. Another Windows solution is the free
player from Winamp.
You can also try to record the streams when you hear something that interests you. We recommend Stream Ripper (free, open source, all platforms). If you'd like to explore underwater listening even further (including sound analysis and contributions to citizen science projects), then consider taking on a Beam Reach externship in bioacoustics.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you'd like to make your recording available to the listening community by having us publish it on this web site. In any case, please abide by the Creative Commons license
| Contact: Val Veirs | Contact: Scott Veirs |
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