Acoustic monitoring · land · decisions

Know where key species are calling — and how to manage for them

Continuous listening that turns a property’s soundscape into practical answers: where birds are, what’s changing, and what to do next.

Ruffed Grouse Scarlet Tanager Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse · © Frédérick Lelièvre / Macaulay Library ML485244381

Track record · past impact through education & outreach

~18,977

acres improved

~1,707

people influenced

~179,987

acres planned differently

31

speaker series sessions

Current focus

Acoustic monitoring that answers species questions

Continuous listening that digitizes the sound of a property — then translates calling into actionable insights: where activity concentrates, what’s changing, and what to do next for bobwhite, turkey, grouse, and the wider bird community.

Avian activity chart showing normalized calling patterns across all avian species over the season
Avian Activity — normalized by recorder | all avian species. Seasonal calling patterns that inform where and when to manage.

Track record · still offered · acoustics leads

Habitat teaching that turns insight into action

When I was doing education and habitat teaching, a primary need kept coming up: knowing where birds still existed so efforts could focus there. Acoustics was the answer.

I still offer educational programming for habitat work — but acoustic monitoring is the primary focus of the work right now.

~18,977

acres improved

~1,707

people influenced

31

speaker series sessions

Habitat teaching and workshop setting

From participants

What people say

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“Luke has been crucial to helping me with both of my farms — to build better habitat. The programs are full of details and to the point… They work!”

Roby Malandrucco · Retired landowner

“The wildlife management sessions… about quail management are wonderfully helpful. I came away with a bunch of new ideas about how to better bring back quail to our farm on the Eastern Shore.”

David Rockland

“Luke has done a phenomenal job of bringing land managers of all stripes together to share words of wisdom. I am very grateful for the prescribed fire, grassland bird habitat, and other great knowledge sharing.”

Lindsay Hollister · Horticulturalist & de facto land manager

Credibility

Built on Extension excellence

  • Ph.D. · UC Berkeley
  • Extension Specialist · UC Berkeley + UMD (through 2026)
  • Tenure → entrepreneurship · Land & Wildlife
  • ~3 years proving acoustics on a ~1,000-acre farm partnership

Read my story · more quotes on About · peer-reviewed & Extension writing on Publications.

Contact

Let’s talk acoustics & land

Curious whether acoustic monitoring fits your property — or how listening can inform habitat decisions.

luke@landwildlife.com