One of the great things about having a gravel driveway! Did you ever spot a nest full of eggs on the ground? You can stand there looking at it, and when you take your eyes off of it, you have to search for it again! I used to sit in the car when I got home to watch the little ones run around. They’re my favorite bird. But to listen to Whippoorwills has gotta be my favorite sound.
Summertime we’ll ride up on the mountain about dark just to listen. 7mm
I peed on a spotted sandpiper nest in the gravel bar of a creek I was working on.
We had a killdeer nest 100 or so yards from the house a couple of springs back, right alongside our paved road. It failed, likely as the birds didn't stay on it enough.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Along with the nesting cranes, geese, willets, etc, we also have snipe that nest in our little "valley".
Haven't heard them yet this year, I think they start around late April or May.
They sound weird
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
First gobble of the turkey at first light on the first hunt if the season…..if that won’t wake you up from cabin fever you need to pack up and go home.
To those who’ve only heard a bull elk’s bugle on TV…..you’ve missed out on nature’s most beautiful sound. To hear it with a rifle in your hand, and it’s getting closer with each bugle….it’ll send me straight into afib.
Whiporill is a distant second place. Love to hear em calling at night while camping. All night. All damn night long.
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
The sound of a ponderosa pinecone opening on a hot day, and watching seeds fall down around me while sitting near the tree.
Javelina grunts, especially when hunting them.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
What are some of your favorite sounds from nature?
Around home ...
1) Spring frogs. The return of frog "song" marks the end of winter and the start of spring. 2) Crickets on fall evenings. 3) Nighthawks
Up in the woods ...
4) Evening breeze in the tree tops 5) Fish splashing in the lake at night 6) Ducks on the same lake in daylight
One other thing .. I don't know what it is, but something makes a weird "ahhhhh" roar. It's gravelly, low. No scream, shriek, whistle, etc aspect to it. Travels for miles .. 3 miles or more. Either there is something out there we don't know about or there is something we do know about that seldom, seldom makes this sound. It's not a match for deer, elk, bear, cougar, wolf, coyote, fox, bobcat .. and I can't think of any other large critters known to be in my area. What I like about it .. I guess is just that there are some things we still don't know. Sometimes us humans need to be reminded of that.
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.
