Sound By Nature
196 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 368 ratingsNature sounds for relaxation, stress relief, meditation, sleep, or whatever you like. Enjoy. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support
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163: Gold Bluffs Beach- At The Edge Of The Beach And Forest
April 14, 2024 17:41 - 9 hours - 742 MBThis was recorded on cloudy night on the margin between the beach and the forest at Gold Bluffs Beach in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California. The wind, blowing offshore, picked up for a short time during the night and is heard blowing through the branches of nearby stunted Sitka Spruce before settling back down to a light, barely audible breeze. A frog chorus is heard in the distance with the roar of the breaking waves ever present. The recording lasts through the ...
162: Gold Bluffs Beach- Low Tide in the Intertidal Zone
April 06, 2024 02:34 - 1 hour - 152 MBThis was recorded in early spring on a mostly cloudy morning at Gold Bluffs Beach in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California. The wind was light and the ocean surface glassy, and I placed the microphone on a bar of sand and small cobblestones exposed by the low tide, close to the water's edge but beyond the reach of the shorebreak. Do you like the podcast and want to help it get made? You can do just that by making a contribution! Just click one of the following links...
161: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park- Redwood Tree Ears- Dawn In The Forest
March 30, 2024 20:49 - 1 hour - 138 MBThis was recorded on a calm early spring morning in Murrelet State Wilderness, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California. The nearby tributary stream of Squashan Creek flowed swiftly in the gully below as birds sang in the early light of dawn. First to sing on this morning was the Varied Thrush, followed by the complex, rapid song of the Pacific Wren. This part of the forest wasn't far from the ocean, and its hushed roar can be faintly heard in the distance. I made this...
160: Gold Bluffs Beach- All Night On The High Tide Line
March 24, 2024 17:35 - 10 hours - 824 MBI recorded this on a cloudy night at the beginning of spring on Gold Bluffs Beach in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California. The wind was light and blowing offshore, and through the night the tide went from high to low and back to high by morning. The recording started at about 9 p.m. and continues till a bit before sunrise at about 7 a.m. This recording is entirely free of noise pollution. Do you like the podcast and want to help it get made? You can do just that b...
159: Wind In the Grass at McArthur Swamp
March 02, 2024 02:25 - 1 hour - 138 MBThis was recorded on a clear and sunny winter afternoon at McArthur Swamp, Shasta County, California. Gusty wind rushed across the grassland, rustling the tall dry grasses and swooshing past their stiff stalks. McArthur swamp is an area of protected wetlands and grasslands adjacent to the Tule River and Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park located just north of the small town of McArthur. The area provides wintering habitat, essential food, breeding grounds, and nesting areas for waterfowl and...
Bonus! Busy Backyard Bird Feeder
February 27, 2024 02:40 - 10 minutes - 22.9 MBI recorded this at my home in the small town of McCloud in Siskiyou County, California. It was a relatively warm winter morning, and a flock of Evening Grosbeaks was busily eating a breakfast of sunflower seeds from a feeder hanging from the branch of a birch tree in my backyard. I placed a microphone on either side of the trunk of the tree(tree ears style) and recorded the action. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support
158: Breezy Winter Afternoon Beside Big Lake
February 23, 2024 19:48 - 1 hour - 221 MBI recorded this on a breezy winter afternoon beside Big Lake in the northeast corner of Shasta County, California. The sky started off mostly cloudy with rain showers to the west, but the showers dissipated as they moved eastward towards the lake, and the clouds broke up allowing the sun to shine through. In this episode the constant lapping of small wind waves against the tule lined shore is punctuated by the soft sound of the wind blowing through the bare branches of nearby trees and the ...
157: January Evening at the Mouth of the Klamath River
January 30, 2024 23:40 - 1 hour - 150 MBThis was recorded on a cloudy January evening during an outgoing tide on the beach beside the mouth of the Klamath River in Del Norte County, California. The steady roar of large surf breaking in the distance is punctuated by the waves pushing in against the powerful current of the river and rhythmically crashing against the shore. The river was running high and was colored chocolate brown with the abundance of sediment it was carrying from the recently breached Copco No. 1 dam far upriver...
Bonus! Listening Back On 2023
December 29, 2023 20:27 - 37 minutes - 85.3 MBThis is a compilation of clips from the past year of the podcast, blended together for your enjoyment. Thank you so much for listening this year! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support
156: Tree Ears- Rainy Night At Bigelow Meadow
December 21, 2023 16:35 - 8 hours - 659 MBThis was recorded on a rainy night at the very end of autumn in a stand of Quaking Aspen trees beside Bigelow Meadow in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. I made this recording tree ears style by placing a small microphone on either side of the trunk of a Quaking Aspen tree that was standing near the edge of the meadow. The leaves had long since fallen from the tree and those surrounding it, and the leaf litter carpeting the ground made a good sounding surface for t...
155: Blustery Autumn Afternoon Beside Frozen Medicine Lake
December 07, 2023 18:09 - 1 hour - 141 MBThis was recorded on a cold and windy late autumn day at the edge of Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. At the location beside the lake where this was recorded, shards of ice that looked like broken plate glass were piled up along the shore. This occurred sometime in the days prior, when the lake had frozen over and the thin ice was broken up by wind and blown across the surface of the lake to its edge, where it accumulated into a long pile which stretched ...
Bonus! Binaural Ice Sounds At Medicine Lake
December 03, 2023 01:32 - 16 minutes - 37.8 MBThis was recorded on a cold and sunny morning beside Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. I made this recording at the same time the previous episode was recording, about 250 meters away. I used the binaural recording technique for this, in which a microphone is worn on each ear in order to capture sound as closely as possible to the way we naturally hear. I strongly recommend using headphones for the best listening experience. The air was absolutely still a...
154: Surreal Ice Sounds At Medicine Lake
November 30, 2023 02:00 - 40 minutes - 91.6 MBThis was recorded on a cold, sunny, and still morning at the edge of frozen Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Early in the morning the sun was obscured by clouds, but after they passed by and the sun shined upon the icy lake, surreal sounds began emanating from the surface. The ice at the edge of the lake snapped and crackled, and long cracks ran across the the icy lake surface, creating strange and otherworldly sounds. The recording has not been altered ...
Bonus! Cousin It
November 29, 2023 05:08 - 3 minutes - 6.88 MBI recently made some wind protection for my SAAM Microphone in order to get better recordings on windy days. Several people remarked that it looked like Cousin It from the Addams Family, so that's what I've started calling it. I went to Medicine Lake, in Modoc National Forest, on a very cold and windy day in order to test it out, and these are the results. These are the raw files straight from the recorder(Zoom F6) with no editing of any kind. All I did was apply a five second fade to the ...
153: Tree Ears- Autumn Day In Douglas Fir Forest
November 23, 2023 18:22 - 8 hours - 725 MBThis was recorded on a cold and clear autumn day in the forest high above Cabin Creek near the Pacific Crest Trail in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. A light breeze blew through the tops of the Douglas Fir trees towering above, shaking loose rain that was still clinging to the needles from the night before. The recording starts just after sunrise and continues until just before sunset. I am extremely thankful to those of you that have helped me by making monthly c...
152: Breezy Autumn Day At Porcupine Lake
November 13, 2023 18:06 - 2 hours - 219 MBThis was recorded beneath a stand of Mountain Hemlock and Lodgepole Pine on a breezy autumn day at Porcupine Lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The air was cold and crisp as the sun shined through passing high clouds, while gusty wind blew through the trees surrounding the clear water of the high mountain lake. Unbothered by the wind, a small banditry of Mountain Chickadees made its way through the trees, calling cheerfully as they flitted among the branches...
151: Autumn Day Beside Trough Creek
October 16, 2023 00:49 - 4 hours - 350 MBThis was recorded on a clear autumn day near the Pacific Crest Trail in a deep, shady, and densely forested mountain gulch at the bottom of a small waterfall on Trough Creek in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. I am deeply grateful to everyone that has helped me by making monthly contributions and one time donations to the podcast. You are directly helping me produce these recordings for you and all my listeners. Thank you so much for all of your help! If you are ...
150: Tree Ears- Rainy Autumn Night In The Forest
September 27, 2023 19:22 - 8 hours - 659 MBThis was recorded on a rainy autumn night in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. A breeze blew through the trees above early on then gradually subsided as the rain fell steadily through the night before becoming lighter as morning drew near. This was recorded tree ears style in which a small microphone is placed on either side of the trunk of a tree, in this case a White Fir. I placed the mics low on the trunk in order to better capture the sound of the rain hitting ...
Bonus! Russian Wilderness- Buzzing Meadow Morning
August 23, 2023 17:33 - 14 minutes - 32.1 MBI recorded this in the meadow at the south end of Taylor Lake in the Russian Wilderness, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a warm morning for the elevation of the meadow(6500') thanks to the cloud cover overnight. The bumblebees, butterflies, and other pollinators were out early, flying from flower to flower getting their of fill of nectar. Cows grazed out of sight, hidden from view by the many willow thickets which populated the meadow, their presence betrayed b...
149: Russian Wilderness- Midnight Till Morning Beside Taylor Lake
August 22, 2023 18:05 - 6 hours - 536 MBThis was recorded on a cloudy night beside Taylor Lake in the Russian Wilderness, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The recording starts at around midnight and continues until sunrise. The night was fairly calm with a faint breeze blowing through the treetops. Cows grazing in the area were active for a good portion of the night as they slowly made their way, with cowbells clanging, to the meadows at the south end of the lake. They eventually settled down and their noisy ...
148: Russian Wilderness- Summer Afternoon Beside Taylor Lake
August 19, 2023 18:13 - 5 hours - 426 MBThis was recorded on a warm summer day beside Taylor Lake in the Russian Wilderness, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. I placed the microphone near the edge of the lake beneath White Fir trees just behind the shrubby Alder growing at the water's edge. The recording starts at about midday and continues until the late afternoon The day started out breezy, then after a while the wind subsided before picking up again in the late afternoon. Small thunderstorms pass by south o...
147: Tree Ears- From Night To Morning Beside Stream And Meadow In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River
July 14, 2023 17:39 - 8 hours - 659 MBThis was recorded overnight beside a mountain stream at the edge of a meadow in the valley of the North Fork of the Sacramento River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a calm and cool night and, aside from the sound of the water, was fairly quiet until the birds begin to sing at dawn. The recording starts at about 10:30 at night and continues until about 6:30 in the morning. I recorded this during a short, two-night backpacking trip to the area in early ...
146: Tree Ears- Summer Night In The Forest In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River
July 14, 2023 17:32 - 4 hours - 357 MBThis was recorded on cool summer night in the forest high in the valley of the North Fork of the Sacramento River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The rushing water of several mountain streams is heard in the distance, providing a soothing background to a calm and peaceful night. I gathered this recording in the forest not far from my campsite and is what I heard as I lay in my tent drifting off to sleep. I thought it was an especially soothing soundtrack to a...
145: Tree Ears- Streamside In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River
July 14, 2023 17:28 - 6 hours - 536 MBThis was recorded on a sunny and warm summer day in the forest beside a cold mountain stream high in the valley of the North Fork of the Sacramento River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The recording starts in the morning and continues until mid afternoon. I recorded this during a short, two-night backpacking trip to the area in early July. In order to save weight, I brought a minimal recording set up which included a small recorder, power bank, and a pair of...
144- Tree Ears- Dawn Chorus In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River
July 14, 2023 17:23 - 2 hours - 206 MBThis was recorded in the forest on a clear summer morning high in the valley of the North Fork of the Sacramento River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The air was cool but not cold, in fact relatively warm for 6,700 feet elevation. The rushing water of several streams is heard in the distance as they cascade down the sides of the valley before eventually coming together to form the North Fork of the Sacramento River. In this recording you'll hear many differe...
Bonus! Evening Thunderstorm At Medicine Lake
July 08, 2023 18:50 - 43 minutes - 99.9 MBThis was recorded in the early evening in the forest near Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Thunderclouds had been brewing for much of the afternoon when finally this thunderstorm sprang to life at the end of the day, so I hastily grabbed my recording gear and set it up beneath a tree in the forest not far from my campsite. On the day day prior to this recording there were thunderstorms which lasted for much of the day, but unfortunately it was also the d...
143: Late Night Campfire At Medicine Lake
July 07, 2023 15:27 - 3 hours - 293 MBThis was recorded on a clear and cool summer night in the Hemlock Campground at Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The lake had only been made accessible a few days earlier when the road was cleared of snow and the campground wasn't officially open yet. I was the only person there and I was happy to enjoy a quiet and peaceful night in solitude. Help this podcast get made by making a donation, becoming a Patreon supporter, or becoming a monthly supporter thr...
142: Tree Ears- Late Night In The Forest Beside A Small Meadow
July 01, 2023 18:03 - 3 hours - 288 MBThis was recorded late on a clear and calm night in the forest beside a small meadow flooded with snowmelt not far from Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Frogs are heard singing at the lake in the distance and nearby in the shallow water of the flooded meadow. This recording was made tree ears style by placing a microphone on either side of the trunk of a tree, in this case a Lodgepole Pine. Help this podcast get made by making a donation, becoming a Pa...
141: Dawn In The Forest Near Medicine Lake
June 30, 2023 04:19 - 1 hour - 169 MBThis was recorded at dawn on a cool early summer morning in the Lodgepole Pine forest surrounding Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. I set up the mic in the forest near the campground I was staying in (which I had entirely to myself), close enough to the lake that you can hear the splash of jumping trout, yet still surrounded by trees. Despite it being early summer patches of snow remained on the ground nearby and throughout the forest, a testament to the ...
140: Nightfall Beside Medicine Lake
June 27, 2023 05:18 - 1 hour - 141 MBThis was recorded just after sunset beside Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The wind had just died down and the remaining wind ripples lapped against the rocky shoreline, then slowly subsided as the lake became increasingly still. Frogs and toads called out in chorus on the far side of the lake as the darkness settled in and the clouds dissipated, revealing an incredibly starry sky. After a while, a faint breeze whispered through the Lodgepole Pines standi...
139: Tree Ears- Passing Thunderstorm East Of Bear Mountain
June 12, 2023 23:40 - 1 hour - 140 MB*This episode is a little quieter than usual, you may need to turn up the volume to hear it well. This was recorded on a late spring afternoon in a small stand of Quaking Aspen growing beneath tall Ponderosa Pines beside a seasonally flooded meadow located east of Bear Mountain in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. I made this recording using the tree ears technique, in which a microphone is placed on either side of the trunk of a tree, in this case a Quaking Asp...
138: Dawn Chorus In The Forest Near White Deer Lake
June 04, 2023 15:42 - 1 hour - 124 MBThis was recorded early on a clear spring morning in the forest near White Deer Lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The recording starts about an hour before sunrise as the birds were just beginning to sing, and the frogs were winding down their nighttime chorus. You'll hear many different birds on this recording including Great Horned Owl, American Robin, Hammond's Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Mountain Chickadee, Cassin's Vireo, Western Tanager, Olive...
137: Thunderstorm At White Deer Lake
May 28, 2023 14:32 - 2 hours - 176 MBThis was recorded on a spring afternoon at White Deer Lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The thunder began in the distance with a light breeze blowing through the Ponderosa Pines and White Firs towering above, then clouds rapidly gathered overhead and built into active thunderheads which produced abundant lightning and loud thunder. As the storm slowly moved directly overhead, it began to rain and the thunder became frighteningly loud. Help this podcast get...
Bonus! Black Bear Mama And Cubs In a Tree At Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park
May 21, 2023 22:44 - 4 minutes - 10.6 MBThis was recorded in the middle of a warm, sunny, and breezy day during my camping trip at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park at the end of April. I was walking along the Lava Springs Trail between the Horr Pond Campground and Crystal Springs when I happened upon a mother Black Bear and her cubs. I saw the mama bear first walking through the thick undergrowth more than hundred feet away. Upon seeing her I clapped my hands a few times to let her know I was there. She stopped and looked in my dir...
136: Dawn Chorus At Bigelow Meadow
May 15, 2023 14:43 - 4 hours - 232 MBThis was recorded early on a clear and warm spring morning at Bigelow Meadow in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. A light and steady breeze blew across the willow thickets and a few nearby pine trees which call the meadow home, with the soft roar of the McCloud River, running high with an abundance of snowmelt, heard in the distance. The recording starts in predawn darkness a little after three in the morning, towards the end of the nightly frog chorus. Even at t...
135: Tree Ears- Rainy Morning Near A Hidden Seasonal Lake
May 08, 2023 23:21 - 2 hours - 206 MBThis was recorded early on a rainy morning near a seasonal lake deep in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. I set the recording rig up tree ears style on a White Fir and left it for two nights at this location. This episode is from very early on the first morning of the recording. It starts in the darkness of predawn in steady rain near the end of an all night frog chorus and continues into the early morning light. Listen for the eerie calls of a pair of Barred Owl...
134: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- 24 Hours At Conical Depression
May 03, 2023 17:20 - 45 minutes - 105 MBThis was recorded in spring at Conical Depression in Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, Shasta County, California. Conical Depression is a wide, shallow crater with a small lake in the middle, which is ringed with tule and cattails, with a wide clearing around the lake which is surrounded by juniper and oak woodland. I set up the microphone beneath junipers and oaks near the edge of the clearing to record for twenty-four hours. I then took two minutes from every hour and edited it all toget...
133: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- Evening Campfire
May 02, 2023 16:05 - 1 hour - 154 MBThis was recorded on a clear and warm spring evening in the Horr Pond Campground at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, Shasta County, California. I built the fire with downed oak branches I gathered from the surrounding forest floor, and started it just before sunset. It burned vigorously at first, then slowly died down as darkness fell and the stars came out. I recorded this during a six night camping trip at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park. The park is one of the least visited state park...
132: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- Dawn Chorus On Earth Day
April 29, 2023 16:25 - 3 hours - 205 MBThis was recorded at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park on the morning of Earth Day in Shasta County, California. It was a clear and crisp spring morning beneath a large oak tree standing beside the Lava Springs Trail at the edge of an oak, pine, and juniper woodland not far from the waters edge. The recording starts in darkness an hour before sunrise and continues into the morning. I recorded this during a six night camping trip at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park. The park is one of the le...
131: Predawn Beside Bigelow Creek
April 17, 2023 16:02 - 4 hours - 247 MBThis was recorded in the predawn hours beside Bigelow Creek in Bigelow Meadow Botanical Area, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. There was still several feet of snow blanketing the forest floor and the creek was flowing well, whereas at this time last year what little snow there was had long since melted and the creek was dry. After a couple years of severe drought, it's very nice to see so much water back on the land. I recorded this using the tree ears recording...
Bonus! Lesser Goldfinch Singing Beside The Sacramento River
April 03, 2023 18:18 - 6 minutes - 8.48 MBThis was recorded on a cool and partly cloudy spring day beside the Sacramento River in the Sacramento River Bend Area, Tehama County, California. I set up the microphone at a small opening in the dense vegetation growing along the muddy bank of the river. The river was running high and swift, which was very nice to see after the past couple years of drought. A Lesser Goldfinch foraged in the willows just to the right of the mic, then stopped to sing its song. --- Support this podcast: h...
130: Early Spring Morning Beside McArthur Swamp
March 27, 2023 19:40 - 3 hours - 221 MBThis was recorded on a cold morning in early spring beside McArthur swamp in Shasta County, California. Located just south of the rural town of McArthur, the McArthur Swamp provides important habitat for migratory waterfowl and other birds traveling the Pacific Flyway. The recording starts in the early morning beneath the stars as light just began to build on the eastern horizon, and continues well past sunrise. You will hear numerous bird species including Snow Geese, Greater White Fronte...
Bonus! Sacramento River Bend Area- Afternoon Birdsong On Blue Oak Savannah
March 24, 2023 17:21 - 5 minutes - 7.56 MBThis was recorded on a cool spring afternoon at the Sacramento River Bend Area in Tehama County, California. The area is administered by the Bureau of Land Management and is located along a large bend of the Sacramento River in the Sacramento Valley, which is the portion of the Central Valley of California that lies north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. It was my first time visiting the area, and I was hopeful that it would be a good place for sound recording. Though I did bring...
Bonus! Spring Equinox Beside Tule River Trail
March 21, 2023 18:51 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBThis was recorded on the Spring Equinox beside the Tule River Trail, near Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, in Shasta County, California. It was a cold and windy day, and I put the microphone in one of the few places in the area that was sheltered from the wind, which was in the tules growing along the waters edge below the levee atop which the trail runs. It wasn't a perfectly sheltered spot, but far better than if the microphone was out in the open. There was an abundance of migrating gees...
129: Late Winter Afternoon Beside Squaw Valley Creek
March 19, 2023 17:24 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBThis was recorded on a sunny afternoon in late winter beside Squaw Valley Creek in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. I recorded this on the same day as the previous episode at a spot beside the creek where the water was rushing over a large rock, which created a continuous deep glugging sound. The rock over which the water was rushing was just big enough, and the water was flowing just fast enough, that it created a hollow space on the downstream side which(I am no...
128: Late Winter Morning Beside Squaw Valley Creek
March 18, 2023 15:39 - 2 hours - 206 MBThis recording was gathered on a clear and sunny late winter morning beside Squaw Valley Creek in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. The creek was flowing swiftly from snowmelt and recent rain, which was a welcome sight to see after the past couple years of severe drought. I placed the microphone at spot beside creek with some large rocks sticking up out of the water, in the hope of capturing the song of the American Dipper, which is a small bird that feeds on inver...
127: Winter On The Redwood Coast
February 21, 2023 01:40 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBThis was recorded at low tide during the new moon on a rocky beach in Redwood National Park, Del Norte County, California. The tide was extremely low and the microphone was placed in the intertidal zone between boulders at the base of a massive, towering rock. The roar of strong wind, rough seas, and huge surf is heard in the background as the waves, which weaved their way through the many rocks and reefs farther out, crash and splash against the boulder strewn shore. I made this recording...
Bonus! Graupel And Snow Falling On A Tarp
February 19, 2023 01:11 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBI recorded this on my recent three night snow camping trip near Moosehead Creek in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. I made my campsite by digging a pit in the snow and building short walls around it, which I then covered with a nylon tarp. On the final night of my trip, graupel showers started falling, then transitioned to snow. This episode consists of two recordings I made in my campsite under the tarp that night, the first part is a heavy graupel shower that pass...
126: Woodpeckers On A Winter Morning
February 16, 2023 17:26 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBThis was recorded on a cold, cloudy, and breezy morning in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. There was a small group of dead standing Red Fir trees not far from my campsite that a pair of Downy Woodpeckers were busily pecking at looking for insects beneath the bark. Mountain Chickadees and Red Breasted Nuthatches can be heard in the background, and a pair of curious Ravens fly by to see what all the ruckus is about. This recording is one of several I made while on ...
125: Winter Afternoon Beside Moosehead Creek
February 14, 2023 02:34 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBI gathered this recording beside Moosehead Creek in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. It was a clear and sunny afternoon with light to moderate wind blowing through the trees. Deep snow covered the ground and much of the creek, though some stretches were exposed at the bottom of deep channels which had formed in the snow above the creek and allowed the sound of trickling water and dripping snowmelt to be heard from above. The occasional splash is heard from small chu...