Sounds Southern

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Sounds Southern episodes

May 27, 2025 Soft Rain Sunset in the Spring Meadow
Recorded on May 6, 2025, at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a gentle rain falling on the meadow. As the day draws to a close, the shower gradually fades, giving way to the steady chorus of evening crickets. With its natural pink noise qualities, this recording offers a soothing backdrop—perfect for relaxation, sleep or quiet reflection.
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22 min
May 23, 2025 Bullfrog Under a Penny Moon Sky
Recorded on April 29, 2025, at the dogtrot during blue hour under a rising waxing crescent moon, this is the sound of a lone bullfrog as he begins his deep-throated serenade, signaling the start of mating season. Soon, other frogs and spring crickets join the chorus. In the distance, Canada Geese call out with their familiar good-night honks as the day slips quietly into night. The calm, rhythmic soundscape is perfect for drifting off to sleep or winding down at the end of the day.
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21 min
May 20, 2025 Sweetness of Warblers in the Belmont Woods
Recorded on May 11, 2025, at the old townsite of Belmont along the Little Tallahatchie River, this is the sound of spring migration at its peak. A warbler chorus fills the breezy morning air, featuring both transient travelers and those settling in for the breeding season. Among the migrants is the Blackpoll Warbler, known for its astonishing 12,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean and North America. Sounds Southern Extended listeners will also hear a dust-up between two Louisiana Waterthrush over choice territory located on a mossy hillside where an artesian stream trickles past a blooming stand of lizard’s tail—also known as swamp lily.

The soundscape includes the steady drumming of a Hairy Woodpecker and calls from a richly varied mix of species: Red-bellied and Hairy Woodpeckers, Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, White-eyed, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos, Summer Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Acadian Flycatcher, American Goldfinch, Blue Jay, Common Yellowthroat, Brown-headed Cowbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee, Louisiana Waterthrush and the fluting song of the Wood Thrush plus a dynamic group of sweet-singing warblers: Northern Parula, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-throated, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Kentucky, Magnolia, Prothonotary, Blackpoll, Black-and-white & Pine.
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22 min
May 16, 2025 Dripfall in the Sassafras
Recorded on May 7, 2025, at Belmont, this is the sound of the sundown chorus at the edge of Clear Springs swamp. After a day of thunderstorms, water drips steadily from the understory trees while the swamp birds settle in for the evening. Among them: Barred Owl, Chimney Swift, Summer Tanager, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Prothonotary & Hooded Warblers, Carolina Wren, Louisiana Waterthrush, Great Crested & Acadian Flycatchers, Red-bellied and Pileated Woodpeckers, Brown Thrasher, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay, and even the buzz of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Beneath the canopy, the steady chorus of crickets and frogs rises, threading through the twilight air.
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22 min
May 13, 2025 Yellow-breasted Chat Night Song
Recorded on May 8, 2025, at the dogtrot on the sleeping porch, this is the sound of a night wrapped in thick fog after a day of thunderstorms. The fog hangs so heavily it drips from the eaves onto the rain drum below. Crickets and frogs provide a soft, steady rhythm beneath it all. A Yellow-breasted Chat takes advantage of the muffled quiet, his voice amplified in the dense air as he sings through the night during the peak of mating season. Sounds Southern Extended subscribers can enjoy over an hour of the soothing sounds of a southern night. This recording is best enjoyed in a quiet setting.
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20 min
May 09, 2025 Warbler Sunrise & Green Frog Glunk in the Scarlet Buckeye
Recorded on April 20, 2025, at Belmont, this is the sound of a spring sunrise chorus bursting to life where a marshy meadow meets artesian-fed streams flowing from the wooded hills where scarlet buckeye is in full bloom. Listeners will hear the sharp, banjo-like glunk of a green frog alongside a rich mix of birdsong: Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Gray Catbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, White-throated Sparrow, American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Red-eyed and White-eyed Vireos, Carolina Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, American Goldfinch, Canada Goose, Scarlet and Summer Tanagers, Northern Parula, Acadian Flycatcher, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Wood Thrush, Indigo Bunting, and an array of migrating and summer warblers—Kentucky, Tennessee, Swainson’s, Black and White, Hooded and Prothonotary.
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23 min
May 06, 2025 Night Noises under the Lyrids
Recorded on April 22, 2025, at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a nighttime chorus: Fowler’s toads, southern cricket frogs, the occasional bullfrog and spring field crickets calling beneath dark skies during the peak of the annual Lyrid Meteor Shower. Sounds Southern Extended listeners are treated to an hour of this steady, hypnotic rhythm—perfect for winding down or slipping into sleep.
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21 min
May 02, 2025 Tenessee Warbler in the Dripping Sugarberry
Recorded on April 21, 2025, from the dogtrot, this is the sound of rain dripping from the trees after a thundershower, along with the sound of field crickets and return of the birds to their spring chorus. You'll hear the songs of American Robin, House Finch, Tufted Titmouse, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee, Blue Jay, Red-bellied and Pileated Woodpeckers, Acadian Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Mourning Dove, White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireos, Northern Parula, Orchard Oriole, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Summer Tanager, Hooded Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler and Pine Warbler. The Tennessee Warbler, perched at the top of the sugarberry tree, steals the show with its high, chipping, three-parted song—a welcome sound during spring migration.
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19 min
April 29, 2025 Rolling Thundershower in the Blackberry Meadow
Recorded on April 23, 2025, at the dogtrot on the Moonpie Deck, this is the sound of a gentle rolling thundershower—the final in a line of storms that dropped nearly an inch of rain on the spring wildflowers and blooming blackberry brambles in the meadow. As the rain passes, you’ll hear the birds gradually return to their spring chorus including the songs of the Indigo Bunting, House Finch, Tufted Titmouse, Brown-headed Cowbird, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pine Warbler and Tennessee Warbler.
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20 min
April 25, 2025 Chuck-Will's-Widow Lullaby
Recorded on April 17, 2025, at the dogtrot on the Moonpie Deck, this is the sound of the first of the season Chuck-will’s-widow returning to the hill country at Heart Place. He calls his rolling CHIP wido WIDO song from across the pasture in the mixed woods near Kingfisher Pond. On this cool spring night, with temperatures dipping below 50 degrees, only a few southern cricket frogs and spring field crickets join the chorus. This recording is best enjoyed in a quiet setting.
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20 min

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Sounds Southern immerses listeners in the tranquil and vibrant field recordings of North Mississippi’s hill country. Each episode, presented by recordist Alice Pierotti, offers a…