Sound By Nature

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Nature 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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Sound By Nature episodes:

04.14.2024
163: Gold Bluffs Beach- At The Edge Of The Beach And Forest
This 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...
04.06.2024
162: Gold Bluffs Beach- Low Tide in the Intertidal Zone
This 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...
03.30.2024
161: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park- Redwood Tree Ears- Dawn In The Forest
This 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...
03.24.2024
160: Gold Bluffs Beach- All Night On The High Tide Line
I 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...
03.02.2024
159: Wind In the Grass at McArthur Swamp
This 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...
02.27.2024
Bonus! Busy Backyard Bird Feeder
I 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...
02.23.2024
158: Breezy Winter Afternoon Beside Big Lake
I 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...
01.30.2024
157: January Evening at the Mouth of the Klamath River
This 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...
12.29.2023
Bonus! Listening Back On 2023
This 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
12.21.2023
156: Tree Ears- Rainy Night At Bigelow Meadow
This 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...
12.07.2023
155: Blustery Autumn Afternoon Beside Frozen Medicine Lake
This 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...
12.03.2023
Bonus! Binaural Ice Sounds At Medicine Lake
This 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...
11.30.2023
154: Surreal Ice Sounds At Medicine Lake
This 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...
11.29.2023
Bonus! Cousin It
I 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...
11.23.2023
153: Tree Ears- Autumn Day In Douglas Fir Forest
This 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...
11.13.2023
152: Breezy Autumn Day At Porcupine Lake
This 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...
10.16.2023
151: Autumn Day Beside Trough Creek
This 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...
09.27.2023
150: Tree Ears- Rainy Autumn Night In The Forest
This 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...
08.23.2023
Bonus! Russian Wilderness- Buzzing Meadow Morning
I 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....
08.22.2023
149: Russian Wilderness- Midnight Till Morning Beside Taylor Lake
This 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...
08.19.2023
148: Russian Wilderness- Summer Afternoon Beside Taylor Lake
This 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...
07.14.2023
147: Tree Ears- From Night To Morning Beside Stream And Meadow In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River
This 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,...
07.14.2023
146: Tree Ears- Summer Night In The Forest In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River
This 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...
07.14.2023
145: Tree Ears- Streamside In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River
This 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...
07.14.2023
144- Tree Ears- Dawn Chorus In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River
This 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...
07.08.2023
Bonus! Evening Thunderstorm At Medicine Lake
This 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...
07.07.2023
143: Late Night Campfire At Medicine Lake
This 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...
07.01.2023
142: Tree Ears- Late Night In The Forest Beside A Small Meadow
This 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...
06.30.2023
141: Dawn In The Forest Near Medicine Lake
This 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...
06.27.2023
140: Nightfall Beside Medicine Lake
This 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...
06.12.2023
139: Tree Ears- Passing Thunderstorm East Of Bear Mountain
*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...
06.04.2023
138: Dawn Chorus In The Forest Near White Deer Lake
This 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...
05.28.2023
137: Thunderstorm At White Deer Lake
This 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...
05.21.2023
Bonus! Black Bear Mama And Cubs In a Tree At Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park
This 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...
05.15.2023
136: Dawn Chorus At Bigelow Meadow
This 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...
05.08.2023
135: Tree Ears- Rainy Morning Near A Hidden Seasonal Lake
This 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...
05.03.2023
134: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- 24 Hours At Conical Depression
This 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...
05.02.2023
133: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- Evening Campfire
This 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...
04.29.2023
132: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- Dawn Chorus On Earth Day
This 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...
04.17.2023
131: Predawn Beside Bigelow Creek
This 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...
04.03.2023
Bonus! Lesser Goldfinch Singing Beside The Sacramento River
This 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...
03.27.2023
130: Early Spring Morning Beside McArthur Swamp
This 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...
03.24.2023
Bonus! Sacramento River Bend Area- Afternoon Birdsong On Blue Oak Savannah
This 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...
03.21.2023
Bonus! Spring Equinox Beside Tule River Trail
This 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...
03.19.2023
129: Late Winter Afternoon Beside Squaw Valley Creek
This 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...
03.18.2023
128: Late Winter Morning Beside Squaw Valley Creek
This 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...
02.21.2023
127: Winter On The Redwood Coast
This 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...
02.19.2023
Bonus! Graupel And Snow Falling On A Tarp
I 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...
02.16.2023
126: Woodpeckers On A Winter Morning
This 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...
02.14.2023
125: Winter Afternoon Beside Moosehead Creek
I 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,...

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Sound By Nature episodes:

163: Gold Bluffs Beach- At The Edge Of The Beach And Forest

162: Gold Bluffs Beach- Low Tide in the Intertidal Zone

161: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park- Redwood Tree Ears- Dawn In The Forest

160: Gold Bluffs Beach- All Night On The High Tide Line

159: Wind In the Grass at McArthur Swamp

Bonus! Busy Backyard Bird Feeder

158: Breezy Winter Afternoon Beside Big Lake

157: January Evening at the Mouth of the Klamath River

Bonus! Listening Back On 2023

156: Tree Ears- Rainy Night At Bigelow Meadow

155: Blustery Autumn Afternoon Beside Frozen Medicine Lake

Bonus! Binaural Ice Sounds At Medicine Lake

154: Surreal Ice Sounds At Medicine Lake

Bonus! Cousin It

153: Tree Ears- Autumn Day In Douglas Fir Forest

152: Breezy Autumn Day At Porcupine Lake

151: Autumn Day Beside Trough Creek

150: Tree Ears- Rainy Autumn Night In The Forest

Bonus! Russian Wilderness- Buzzing Meadow Morning

149: Russian Wilderness- Midnight Till Morning Beside Taylor Lake

148: Russian Wilderness- Summer Afternoon Beside Taylor Lake

147: Tree Ears- From Night To Morning Beside Stream And Meadow In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River

146: Tree Ears- Summer Night In The Forest In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River

145: Tree Ears- Streamside In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River

144- Tree Ears- Dawn Chorus In The Valley Of The North Fork Of The Sacramento River

Bonus! Evening Thunderstorm At Medicine Lake

143: Late Night Campfire At Medicine Lake

142: Tree Ears- Late Night In The Forest Beside A Small Meadow

141: Dawn In The Forest Near Medicine Lake

140: Nightfall Beside Medicine Lake

139: Tree Ears- Passing Thunderstorm East Of Bear Mountain

138: Dawn Chorus In The Forest Near White Deer Lake

137: Thunderstorm At White Deer Lake

Bonus! Black Bear Mama And Cubs In a Tree At Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park

136: Dawn Chorus At Bigelow Meadow

135: Tree Ears- Rainy Morning Near A Hidden Seasonal Lake

134: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- 24 Hours At Conical Depression

133: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- Evening Campfire

132: Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park- Dawn Chorus On Earth Day

131: Predawn Beside Bigelow Creek

Bonus! Lesser Goldfinch Singing Beside The Sacramento River

130: Early Spring Morning Beside McArthur Swamp

Bonus! Sacramento River Bend Area- Afternoon Birdsong On Blue Oak Savannah

Bonus! Spring Equinox Beside Tule River Trail

129: Late Winter Afternoon Beside Squaw Valley Creek

128: Late Winter Morning Beside Squaw Valley Creek

127: Winter On The Redwood Coast

Bonus! Graupel And Snow Falling On A Tarp

126: Woodpeckers On A Winter Morning

125: Winter Afternoon Beside Moosehead Creek