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 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 night until dawn, when the birds begin to sing and the squirrels begin to chitter. For this recording the microphone was oriented such that it was facing north, with the left side to the west and the right side to the east. The beach at this location is backed by its namesake bluffs, and what sounds like wind blowing on the right is actually the sound of the breaking waves reflecting off the bluffs. When I initially heard it, I thought it was gusty wind blowing through the trees atop the bluffs. Though it wasn't windy below them, I thought perhaps the tall bluffs were sheltering the beach from the wind. But upon closely watching the trees on the bluff for movement, there wasn't any to indicate what would have had to be a pretty strong breeze to produce the sound I was hearing. As I listened closer, I noticed the "wind" I was hearing ebbed and flowed closely in sync with the sound of the breaking surf. It was then it hit me that what I was hearing was in fact the sound of the waves reflecting off the bluffs. If you listen closely, you'll hear the same thing on this recording. I thought this was a very cool sounding phenomenon and I'm happy I was able to capture it and share it with you. This is the last of the recordings I'm going to share that I made on a short camping trip to Gold Bluffs Beach with my daughter for her 17th birthday. She was incredibly patient with me and my borderline obsessive desire to record as much as possible while we were there, and I am very grateful that she was so tolerant of my efforts to do so. You have her to thank as much as me for gathering the sounds of such a beautiful and special place, and for sharing them with you. 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 or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you can't help by making a monetary contribution, that's okay! You can also help by rating and reviewing the show on your favorite podcast platform, or by telling friends about it. I am truly grateful to those of you that support the show monthly through Spotify for Podcasters and Patreon. Your contributions go directly into making these recordings and I deeply appreciate your help. Thank you!!! Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. Find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. You can also see pictures on the podcast website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sound By Nature Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠. Just look for the post for this episode. And while you're there, please consider making a donation! If you have questions or comments, please email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please do something today that helps make the world a more peaceful place for all living things. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you can't help by making a monetary contribution, that's okay! You can also help by rating and reviewing the show on your favorite podcast platform, or by telling friends about it. I am truly grateful to those of you that support the show monthly through Spotify for Podcasters and Patreon. Your contributions go directly into making these recordings and I deeply appreciate your help. Thank you!!! Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. Find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. You can also see pictures on the podcast website, ⁠⁠⁠Sound By Nature Podcast⁠⁠⁠. Just look for the post for this episode. And while you're there, please consider making a donation! If you have questions or comments, please email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I really hope you enjoy this recording. Please do something today and everyday that helps protect the natural world for current and future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 recording tree ears style on a Coast Redwood standing beside the Fischer Grove Trail. Though it wasn't an exceptionally enormous tree by Redwood standards, it was still very large tree of 7 or 8 feet in diameter. Spacing the microphones that far apart, with such a big tree between them, doesn't make for an "accurate" stereo recording, but making a recording that accurately reproduced what a person would hear wasn't my intention. I just thought it would an interesting experiment and fun to imagine what a Redwood tree might hear(if it had two human ears, one on either side of its trunk about four feet off the ground), and I was just plain curious about how setting the mics up like this would sound. I was initially reluctant to share this recording, but I figured what the heck, maybe you'd be interested to hear it, too. Aside from it being experimental, another reason I was reluctant to share this recording is due to the fact that there is a bit of faint noise pollution. It wasn't the usual air traffic, and this spot is far from any highway, so I'm guessing it was the distant sound of heavy equipment working on the ongoing Redwoods Rising forest restoration project. I was definitely a little bummed out to hear it on this recording, but I don't think it takes too much away from the otherwise beautiful soundscape. If you'd like you can learn more about the forest restoration project here- Redwoods Rising - Save the Redwoods League Interesting fact- On September 5, 1980, Redwood State and National Parks was designated a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations. 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 or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you can't help by making a monetary contribution, that's okay! You can also help by rating and reviewing the show on your favorite podcast platform, or by telling friends about it. I am truly grateful to those of you that support the show monthly through Spotify for Podcasters and Patreon. Your contributions go directly into making these recordings and I deeply appreciate your help. Thank you!!! Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. Find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. You can also see pictures on the podcast website, ⁠⁠Sound By Nature Podcast⁠⁠. Just look for the post for this episode. And while you're there, please consider making a donation! If you have questions or comments, please email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I really hope you enjoy this recording. Please do something today that helps protect the natural world for future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 by making a contribution! Just click one of the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you can't help by making a monetary contribution, that's okay! You can also help by rating and reviewing the show on your favorite podcast platform, or by telling friends about it. I am truly grateful to those of you that support the show monthly through Spotify and Patreon. Your contributions go directly into making these recordings and I deeply appreciate for your help. Thank you!!! Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. Find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. You can also see pictures on the podcast website, ⁠Sound By Nature Podcast⁠. Just look for the post for this episode. And while you're there, please consider making a donation! If you have questions or comments, please email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I really hope you enjoy this recording. Please do something today that helps protect the natural world for future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 other birds, and is an important stopover for migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway. 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 or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you can't help by making a monetary contribution, that's okay! You can also help by rating and reviewing the show on your favorite podcast platform, and by telling friends about it. I am truly grateful to those of you that support the show monthly through Spotify and Patreon. Your contributions go directly into making these recordings and I am extremely grateful for your help. Thank you!!! Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. Find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. You can also see pictures on the podcast website, Sound By Nature Podcast. Just look for the post for this episode. And while you're there, please consider making a donation! If you have questions or comments, please email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I really hope you enjoyed this recording. Please do something today that helps protect the natural world for future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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

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 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 gentle rustling of dry grasses. Various species of ducks call as they bob on the surface in large flocks far out on the lake. Geese are heard in the distance calling from the ground, with the occasional flock heard flying high above. Listen for the solitary call of a Red Tailed Hawk, and distant flocks of Sandhill Cranes in flight. There was an unfortunate amount of air traffic the day this was recorded, but I liked this recording too much not to share it with you. I hope you like it as well and don't mind the air traffic too much. I recently got a new production assistant! She is a sweet dog named Molly and she was a big help with this episode. I look forward to her help with many, many future recordings. 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 or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you can't help by making a monetary contribution, that's okay! You can also help by rating and reviewing the show on your favorite podcast platform, and by telling friends about it. A big thank you to those of you that support the show monthly through Spotify and Patreon. Your contributions go directly into making these recordings and I am extremely grateful for your help. Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please make an effort to reduce the amount of single use plastics you use and do your best to keep them and all plastics out of the environment. Many small actions added together can have a big impact! We can all make a difference on this planet by making more conscientious choices about the stuff we use and thereby leave a smaller footprint on the environment and help preserve nature for future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 near the California-Oregon border. The one-hundred year old dam is the last of four to be breached as part of the largest dam removal and river restoration project in American history. As the water behind the dam is drawn down, the first step of its eventual removal, the massive quantity of sediment that built up over its lifetime is being carried downstream for its long overdue meeting with the Pacific Ocean. The removal of the dams will return the river to a free-flowing, natural state and will restore spawning habitat for salmon, steelhead, and many other fish. If you'd like to learn more about the Klamath River dam removal, click on one of the following links- Klamath River Renewal (klamathrenewal.org) Dam Removal on the Klamath River (americanrivers.org) Klamath Dams Removal | California Trout (caltrout.org) Klamath River: Largest dam removal in U.S. history begins : NPR Fourth dam breached on the Klamath River - OPB Please support me by making a contribution, I could really use it. You can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot, thank you!! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please do something today, and every day, that protects and preserves nature for current and future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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

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 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 the falling rain. This is the second night of a three night drop rig recording I made at this location. I set up the recording rig on a Sunday afternoon and retrieved it on the following Wednesday morning. In that time over six inches(fifteen centimeters) of rain fell on the area. I was very happy to find my gear dry and undamaged when I retrieved it. If you are interested in supporting me by making a contribution, you can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot, thank you!! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please do something today, and every day, that preserves nature for current and future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 for several hundred feet along the shoreline. As the biting wind blew unobstructed across the frozen lake, it caused the icy surface to flex and move, making an abundance of cracking, crunching, creaking, crackling, snapping, and popping sounds in the piled ice shards at the lakes edge, as well as the sound of water moving and gurgling just beneath the ice. I made this recording using the wind protection I recently made for my Wildtronics SAAM microphone. The mic was directly in the path of the strong and gusty wind, and without the wind protection the recording would have been ruined by wind noise overwhelming the mic. The materials I used to make the wind protection were paid for in part with contributions from listeners, to whom I am extremely grateful. Thank you! If you are interested in supporting me by making a contribution, you can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot, thank you!! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast, you can find either of them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please do something today, and everyday, that helps preserve nature for current and future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 and the sunshine was pleasantly warm on the otherwise cold morning. I put on my binaural microphones and sat on the sandy shore at the very edge of the lake. The sunlight caused its frozen surface to expand, causing cracks and producing an abundance of otherworldly sounds. I find it very difficult to sit silently while wearing binaural microphones, as they pick up the sound of the slightest movements, breathing, and even stomach rumbles. Breathing silently is not as easy as it sounds, especially when not acclimated to the elevation the lake sits at, which is about 6,800 feet or 2,070 meters. Though I tried hard, you may hear a faint breath here and there. This was as long as I could go before I had to shift my sitting position, clear my throat, and take a few normal breaths. That said, I thought this recording was worth sharing. I hope you like it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 in any way, this really is what it sounded like. I am extremely thankful to those of you that have helped me by making monthly contributions and one time donations. Every cent of your contribution goes directly into the production of these recordings, and you are directly helping me produce this podcast for yourselves and all listeners. Thank you so much for all of your help! If you are interested in supporting me, you can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast, you can find either of them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH!!! Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 beginning and end of each clip and combine them into one audio file. The first minute and a half is the mic with only the wind protection I got from the manufacturer, and the second minute and a half is the mic with Cousin It(the wind protection I made). I don't have an anemometer so I can't say exactly what speed the wind was blowing, but I can say that it was blowing pretty hard. I'm guessing the stronger gusts were 25-30 miles per hour(40-48 kilometers per hour). The spot by the lake I did the test was surrounded by Lodgepole Pine, you can clearly hear the wind blowing through them in the background. I was pretty happy with how it worked, Cousin It did a great job of protecting the mic from the wind. I look forward to using Cousin It to get recordings for you without fear of the microphone being overwhelmed by unwanted wind noise. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 contributions and one time donations. Every cent of your contribution goes directly into the production of these recordings, and you are directly helping me produce this podcast for yourselves and all listeners. Thank you so much for all of your help! If you are interested in supporting me, you can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast, you can find either of them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH!!! Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 foraging for food. I am extremely thankful to those of you that have helped me by making monthly contributions and one time donations. Every cent of your contribution goes directly into the production of these recordings, and you are directly helping me produce this podcast for yourselves and all listeners. Thank you so much for all of your help! If you are interested in supporting me, you can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast, you can find either of them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH!!! Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 interested in supporting this podcast, you can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast, you can find either of them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com My heart aches for all of those suffering at the hands of people in power, all around the world. I desperately hope that the ideological, political, and religious differences that stoke violence and conflict can be resolved or put aside before any more people suffer and die. Regardless of our differences, we all bleed red and deserve to be treated with compassion and dignity. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 the forest floor. I hope you like it. I am so grateful for my monthly supporters, both past and present, and those of you that have made one time donations. Your generosity is deeply appreciated. Thank you. If you are interested in supporting this podcast, you can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast, you can find either of them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please do something today and every day that helps preserve and protect nature and our environment for the benefit of future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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. 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 by the clanging of their cowbells. I laid the microphone down in the grass amongst the abundant white flowers blanketing the meadow(I've been trying to identify them but have been unable to). As you listen imagine yourself laying down in the meadow with the bumblebees and other pollinators buzzing all around. I recommend listening with headphones for the best listening experience. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

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 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 bells fell mostly silent until dawn. A brief and very light rain shower passed during the night, and again in the early morning as the buzz of flying insects increased with the morning light. I am so grateful for my monthly supporters, both past and present, and those of you that have made one time donations. Your generosity is deeply appreciated. Thank you. If you are interested in supporting this podcast, you can do so by clicking the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast, you can find either of them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please do something today and every day that helps preserve and protect nature and our environment for the benefit of future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support