Extinction Songs: (Ammospiza maritima nigrescens)
On December 12, 1990, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow was removed from the US endangered species list and declared extinct. After the bird’s last remaining habitat was destroyed during NASA’s development of Cape Canaveral, the last Dusky Seaside Sparrow died in captivity at Disney World’s Discovery Island in 1986. Recordings were made of the Dusky Seaside Sparrow before its extinction. In this work, a sample of the sound wave produced by these recordings takes the shape of a landscape. The background sound in the recording renders as a horizon line which is interrupted briefly by the bird’s song seen visually as a foreground element in the landscape.
Extinction Songs: (Ammospiza maritima nigrescens)
