Bird Media Library
With 500+ species photographed and 200+ recorded, my bird media library contains thousands of high-quality photos and recordings from my thousands of hours in the field. Some of these photographs have appeared in Cornell Lab’s Merlin Bird ID app, Birds Of The Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Guide (Second edition), Oregon Birds Magazine, Lawrence Magazine and Global Young Birders Network to name a few.
Birds and Us
Birds and Us is a project that attempts to capture images of birds in our ever-changing man-made world. This series of images shows our world through the point of view of the birds and asks how it is to be a bird in the 21st century.
Kai’s Bird Concert
This is a 1 ¼-hour immersive bird-themed concert I designed as part of my senior experience at Lawrence University. It combines my two biggest passions, music and birds, which have been large parts of my life for over 10 years. In this concert I explored many different ways composers have used birds as inspiration for piano compositions, and I premiered three new bird-themed pieces as part of the program. The concert was designed around a surround sound system in Lawrence’s Harper Hall which was used to play field recordings, immersing the audience in a reconstructed natural soundscape. To create this I spent hours mapping field recordings, many of which I personally recorded, onto the different speakers with Ableton Live. I also worked with a lighting designer to create a more unique lighting. I am currently working on adapting the program for future performances.
Publications
I have written about birds and birding for Cornell Lab, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Oregon Birds Magazine and The Lawrentian among others. I have also presented about bird-related topics at the Willamette Valley Bird Symposium and the Biggest Week in American Birding.
A birding journey through Outagamie County
Wildlife on campus: A photo essay through the lens of student Kai Frueh
