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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Update: you can now curate your own collection of sounds. Thanks so much for all the positive feedback! Enjoy

Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today is the day :) Dedicated to the PCT, the preservation of our public lands, and to all human beings, in the spirit of slowing down, listening deeply, and being with the earth. #fieldrecording #nature #pct #pacificcresttrail #acousticecology #sound

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a sound map of the pacific crest trail, 2023, by stereo

200 geolocated field recordings from Mexico to Canada.

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Wall test :) Working on a soundmap of my 2023 thru hike of the pacific crest trail. Around 200 soundscapes from Mexico to Canada. Still a ways to go on this project but I’m really happy with the progress! #pct #fieldrecording #soundmap #nature #sound #acousticecology

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

That means your favorite hiking trails, campsites, and wild places could be sold off to the highest bidder. Tell your Senators to REMOVE this dangerous provision!

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ian wellman @ianwellman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

A friend helped make this guide to the public land sell off. Please share with friends, esp people out of the democratic states that this directly effects. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Public land sell off- READ AND TAKE ACTION

What is happening? Millions of acres of public lands held for conservation, recreation, and invaluable ecosystem services around the US are at risk to be sold to ‘any interested parties’. That's righ...

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

A map of public lands proposed for selloff eligibility in the Big Beautiful Bill. 250mil acres with a mandate to sell 2-3mil in the next five years. Contact your senators and share this widely, please. #publiclandselloff #publiclands #stopthelandgrab #nature

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Last week I headed east for a few days to recording the Brood XIV cicada emergence. It was a challenging trip, but I managed to come home with at least a couple gems 💎 #fieldrecording #cicadas #broodxiv #nature #soundscape

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Brood XIV - A Magicicada septendecim chorus

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Spent a couple days in Angeles NF last week. I staged some DIY pinhole cameras in a couple spots well off the beaten path paired with unattended field recorders for four days. Multi-day exposures, multi-day recordings. #pinholecamera #fieldrecording #diy

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Mountain Merries: like Sunday Scaries but instead I’m headed up into the San Gabriel’s tmrw and it’s positive anticipation

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Oregon crickets from the vantage of my tent in 2023. As tedious as the editing phase of this project is, it keeps me feeling connected to trail and public lands more generally. Keeping the spirit alive is an act of protest. #fieldrecording

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A recording of rolling thunder in the Mojave from my 2023 PCT thru hike. One of a couple hundred recordings that will be included on my upcoming PCT soundmap, available in the coming months.

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Mojave Thunder

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Spent my day on public land in solidarity with NP protests nationwide #clevelandnationalforest

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Massive thanks to @altnps.bsky.social for all you are documenting 🌲

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A binaural recording from my recent trip to #deathvalley. Can’t wait to return for an extended #fieldrecording trip 🏜️

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A Sandstorm in Death Valley

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A #bts shot from badwater basin last week #deathvalley

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

#fieldrecording in Death Valley the other day. Can’t wait to spend some more time there. Hey Bishop 👋🏻 🎧

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Paid my respects today. A man said to me, “this is really appropriate given how dense it is, and how many different angles you can look at it” Amen. #davidlynch

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Got this in the mail yesterday. Would not have been possible without access to public lands. Thanks to all federal land management agencies for everything you do. #pacificcresttrail #publiclands

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

This is a sweet Xmas present, thanks for including me in your playlist @earth-fm.bsky.social! Happy holidays everyone 🫶🏻

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Last night’s moon in Southern California. Happy solstice everyone! 🌔

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Late night catch up while I populate Death Valley waypoints. All water in this one. Manitou River, Crosby-Manitou State Park, MN, Spring of 2021. I’ve used this recording as a noise source in composition as well as a focus and sleep aid :) #fieldrecording #nature #water #soundscape #minnesota #🔊

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Manitou Suspension

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Also went to IL back in June for the 2024 emergence and still need to edit the recs/photos. Add it to the list of projects incl. sierra 2024 and and 2023 PCT thru hike soundmap #fieldrecording #nature #soundscape #🔊 #hiking #cicadas #sierranevada #soundmap

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Another catch-up #fieldrecording post, this time from 2021’s Brood X periodical cicada emergence, taken in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in southern Indiana. Any #cicada fans out there? #🔊

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Brood X Chorus

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Gm meet Bishop, my DIY binaural head. Bishop is one of seven recording rigs I took with me while in the field for UW-Madison this past season.

The image shows Bishop, a DIY binaural mannequin head, lying on mineral soil in the Sierra Nevada with a red buff around its neck. Next to Bishop is a black tripod with red accents, folded and resting alongside it. Sparse vegetation is scattered across the ground.

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

About the three recs. They were taken on my downtime while working for UW-Madison on a bioacoustics research project in the Sierra Nevada this year. Days were spent doing acoustic monitoring for the California Spotted Owl. At night I hiked around taking my own recordings. Enjoy! More to come

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Tom Kelly @thmkly.bsky.social · 15/11/2024