Sound By Nature

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, 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 July. In order to save weight I brought a minimal recording set up which included a small recorder, power bank, and a pair of microphones. I used the tree ears recording technique for this recording, in this case a Lodgepole Pine that was standing beside the stream.

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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 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 restful night of sleep.

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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 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 microphones. I used the tree ears recording technique for this recording, in this case a Lodgepole Pine that was standing beside the stream.

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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 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 different birds including Western Wood-Pewee, Olive Sided Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Mountain Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, American Robin, Chipping Sparrow, Hairy Woodpecker, and many more.

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 microphones. I used the tree ears recording technique for this recording, in this case a mature Western White Pine.

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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 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 day that the forest service arrived with heavy equipment to clean up the roads and campgrounds and ready them for their official opening. They cleared the roads of snow and debris, moved snow out of many of the campsites, and removed downed trees and limbs. Though I did make a recording of the storms that day, it was filled with the sounds of heavy equipment and chainsaws in the distance. But luckily a storm popped up again the following evening and I was able to make this recording. By then people were beginning to trickle in to the area, and you will hear the sounds of a few vehicles passing on the nearby road. This is by no means a pristine natural soundscape, but I thought it sounded pretty cool and I don't think the few anthropogenic sounds detract from it too much. I hope you think the same.

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 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.

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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 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.

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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 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 heavy snowfall the area received during the past winter.

The recording begins at first light, while the frogs and toads were close to finishing their nightly chorus on the far side of the lake, the songs of American Robins and Mountain Chickadees started to ring out through the forest, and the calls of Common Nighthawks was heard high above in the early morning twilight. Listen for the sound made by the Common Nighthawks as they dive steeply then abruptly pull up and cause their wing feathers to vibrate, making a very unique sound. Also listen for the call of an Osprey and the sound of it diving and catching a trout for breakfast, and a pack of coyotes howling in the distance. You'll also hear Red-breasted Nuthatches, Hairy Woodpeckers, Ravens, and more.

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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 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 standing like sentinels beside the lake.

This episode was put together from a recording I made on the first night of a camping trip I took to the lake. There were a few jets which passed by during the recording, which I would have left in had they not been so loud. But I decided that they were too out of place in the otherwise peaceful soundscape, so I edited them out and crossfaded the parts together to provide you with a seamless listening experience.

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*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 Aspen. Thunderstorms were in the weather forecast so I made makeshift rain covers for the mics by making small platforms above them using forked sticks and twigs, upon which I placed a couple large handfuls of pine needles to prevent rain from hitting the microphones directly and causing unwanted noise. It worked very well for the rain that did pass over the area.

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I hope this recording provides you with a bit of solace from the stress of everyday life. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound.