The Acadia National Park Minute Out In It is a collection of short audio and video clips of nature in action. Enjoy these sights and sounds of Acadia and be sure to look and listen for them during your next visit to the park.

Loon family.

Loon Family
Video - Windows Media (2,336 KB) or Quicktime (2,193 KB)

Watch the activities of a loon pair feeding their young. Video by NPS/Lora Haller.

Winter Wren. Photo by USFWS.

Winter Wren Song
MP3 Audio (860 KB)

Recorded at the Schoodic Peninsula in July, the winter wren projects its unique song. Audio by NPS/Karen Lanier.

A seastar in motion.

Seastar in Tidepool
Video – Windows Media (2,192 KB) or Quicktime (2,396 KB)

What it lacks in speed this seastar makes up for in grace as it glides across a tidepool. Video by NPS/Todd M. Edgar.

Beach cobbles.

Cobblestone Beach
MP3 Audio (1,007 KB)

The distictive sound of the surf churning through the cobbles of Cobblestone Beach. Audio recorded by NPS/Todd M. Edgar.

Tide time lapse.

Bar Harbor Tides
Video – Windows Media (1,531 KB) or Quicktime (1,448 KB)

A time lapse of the waters of Frenchman Bay covering the ridge of land connecting Bar Harbor and Bar Island. Video by NPS/Todd M. Edgar.

Spring peeper.

Spring Peepers
MP3 Audio (943 KB)

The sounds of spring peepers near Jordan Pond usher in spring at Acadia National Park. Audio recorded by NPS/Todd M. Edgar.