Excerpts of the 17-year Cicada Brood XIII from Glenview, IL (2007)
Peter Gena
(For the 2024 Cicada stream, go here).
(N.B. Several factors influenced the intensity of male chirping. The total population of cicadas peaked in mid-June. Activity increased with higher daily temperatures and rising sun, while precipitation along with cooler air brought about a decrease or absence of chirping.)
Read the feature article in the Arts & Entertainment section of the Chicago Tribune, Sunday, June 10, 2007 here.
Listen to the feature segment from Chicago Public Radio's Eight-Forty-Eight morning show (July 6, 2007) by clicking here.
<<NB>> Please feel free to compose Quodlibets, mixing the sound samples below as you please!
8 June 2007 @ 8:45am (mp3, 4'01" - 1.8 mb)
8 June 2007 @ 10:54am (mp3, 2'12" - 1.0 mb)
8 June 2007 @ 12:38pm (mp3, 4'28" - 2.0 mb)
10 June 2007 @ 11:25am (mp3, 4'03" - 1.9 mb)
12 June 2007 @ 3:06pm (mp3, 4'23" - 2.0 mb)
14 June 2007 @ 7:36am (mp3, 2'03" - 968 kb)
15 June 2007 @ 3:53pm (mp3, 2'05" - 983.1 kb)
17 June 2007 @ 4:21pm (mp3, 3'01" - 1.4 mb)
18 June 2007 @ 1:00pm (mp3, 3'17" - 1.5 mb)
19 June 2007 @ 4:51pm (mp3, 2'10" - 1.3 mb)
21 June 2007 @ 5:05pm (mp3, 2'18" - 1.1 mb)
24 June 2007 @ 1:30pm (mp3, 2'30" - 1.2 mb)
26 June 2007 @ 11:40am (mp3, 2'05" - 980.4 kb)
27 June 2007 @ 9:33am (mp3, 2'00" - 946.6 kb)
29 June 2007 @ 2:35pm (mp3, 2'05" - 984 kb)
30 June 2007 @ 4:20pm (mp3, 1'22" - 733 kb)
1 July 2007 @ 3:28pm (mp3, 2'03" - 966 kb)
2 July 2007 @ 5:26pm (mp3, 1'33" - 729 kb)
4 July 2007 @ 5:20pm (mp3, 1'02" - 494 kb)
7 July 2007 @ 2:00pm (mp3, 1'11" - 560 kb)