Episodes

  • Soft Summer Rain

    Soft Summer Rain
    Jul 31 2026
    Recorded on July 26, 2026 on the sleeping porch at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a gentle summer rainshower. Listeners will hear soft rain falling on the metal roof and rain drum as the passing shower drifts away, giving way to the chatter of birds in the garden.

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    24 mins
  • Bird-voiced Treefrogs at Spring Lake

    Bird-voiced Treefrogs at Spring Lake
    Jul 28 2026
    Recorded on July 26, 2026 at Spring Lake, this is the sound of a summer night at the 60-acre spring-fed lake at Wall Doxey State Park. Beneath a 95% waxing gibbous moon reflected among towering Bald Cypress, warm, humid air rising after several days of rain drapes a light veil of fog across the lake where listeners will hear a chorus of summer cicadas, crickets & katydids, joined by Southern Cricket Frogs, Green Frogs and the high whistle of Bird-voiced Treefrogs calling through the steamy summer night.

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    21 mins
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee at Blue Hour

    Eastern Wood-Pewee at Blue Hour
    Jul 24 2026

    Recorded on July 19, 2026 at the woods' edge around Bullfrog Pond, this is the sound of the first birdsong in the pre-dawn. Against a backdrop of steadily trilling crickets and the occasional calls of a Southern Cricket Frogs, the day begins with the clear, whistled song of an Eastern Wood-Pewee.


    Listeners will also hear Summer Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Wood Thrush, Northern Mockingbird, Eastern Bluebird, Indigo Bunting, Carolina Wren, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Towhee and Mourning Dove as the sun peeks above the horizon.

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    28 mins
  • Dusk-singing Cicadas

    Dusk-singing Cicadas
    Jul 21 2026
    Recorded on July 20, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of hot summer day giving way to hot summer night. As the last birds finish their evening songs, katydids, cicadas and crickets steadily build the summer night chorus. Dusk-singing cicadas take center stage while Eastern Wood-Pewee, Northern Cardinal and Ruby-throated Hummingbird offer their final calls before settling in to roost for the night.

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    21 mins
  • Summer Shower at Daybreak

    Summer Shower at Daybreak
    Jul 14 2026
    Recorded on July 12, 2026 on the sleeping porch, this is the sound of a light rainshower at daybreak. Rain falls gently on the metal roof while crickets and katydids yield to the morning chorus as a new summer day begins over the pasture.

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    21 mins
  • Meadow Katydids and Rolling Thunder

    Meadow Katydids and Rolling Thunder
    Jul 10 2026

    Recorded on July 8, 2026 on the sleeping porch, this is the sound of summer dawn chorus in the pasture. A Meadow Katydid, perhaps an Agile Meadow Katydid, is heard in the foreground, its rapid series of ticks followed by a buzzy trill as blue hour gives way to dawn. As the morning brightens, towering thunderclouds build over the hill country, sending deep rolls of thunder echoing across the hills.


    Listeners will hear Summer Tanager, Great Crested Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, House Finch, Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbird, Carolina Wren, Red-shouldered Hawk, Northern Cardinal, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Eastern Wood-Pewee.

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    20 mins
  • Bluebird Dawn Song

    Bluebird Dawn Song
    Jul 7 2026
    Recorded on July 6, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of the July dawn chorus. Eastern Bluebird and Northern Cardinal greet the morning, joined by Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Mourning Dove, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue Jay, Summer Tanager, Eastern Kingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Wood Thrush, Carolina Wren, Yellow-throated Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird, Tufted Titmouse, House Finch, Carolina Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Orchard Oriole, Red-eyed Vireo, Pileated Woodpecker, American Crow, Baltimore Oriole, Great Crested Flycatcher and American Robin. Listeners will also hear the calls of a Squirrel Treefrog and the chatter of an Eastern Gray Squirrel.

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    21 mins
  • Insect Chorus under a Strawberry Moon

    Insect Chorus under a Strawberry Moon
    Jul 3 2026
    Recorded on June 29, 2026 at Heart Place, this is the sound of the summer insect chorus under a rising full Strawberry Moon. Listeners will hear an extended recording of evening cicadas, katydids, crickets and frogs, with the occasional rumbling chatter of a litter of raccoon kits. Well suited for meditation, quiet reflection or focused work.

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    37 mins