Outdoor sounds

[The Original Rooster]

Bobwhite whistles used to be a constant background sound of summer here. I haven't heard one in about 15-20 years.

Every other year or so a small wild covey will slip through here and I'll hear them. Always makes me smile.

 

[Nicodemus]

Every other year or so a small wild covey will slip through here and I'll hear them. Always makes me smile.

In another few weeks to a month there will be anywhere from 3 to 7 or 9 rooster bobs advertising from the fence rows and edge of the pasture. Birds are making a good comeback around here, finally.

 

[oldfella1962]

In another few weeks to a month there will be anywhere from 3 to 7 or 9 rooster bobs advertising from the fence rows and edge of the pasture. Birds are making a good comeback around here, finally.

Speaking of bird sounds - ruffed grouse drumming in the spring when I lived in Wisconsin! Like a cross between a bass drum & an old truck starting up:
thump....................thump............thump.......thump......thump....thump...
thump thump thump thumpthumpthumpthump

And the king of all nature sounds IMHO - elk bugling (when I was in high elevation Arizona)

 

[DannyW]

After stepping outside during that eclipse a while ago, and hearing total silence, really makes me appreciate all the background chittering that songbirds provide.

 

[oldfella1962]

That's sad. We have had such a big decline in Birds here on the coast. We rarely hear a Bobwhite call anymore but sometimes in the spring we do. The Slate Colored Junco's or Snow Birds are about gone. So is the White Throated Sparrow or Song Sparrow. The Wife and I did see a Kildee beside the road a few days ago, first one I have seen in years.

I tip my hat to the bird experts on this forum! So many species of birds are very similar, and I don't think I could ever learn how to tell them apart.

 

[Nicodemus]

Speaking of bird sounds - ruffed grouse drumming in the spring when I lived in Wisconsin! Like a cross between a bass drum & an old truck starting up:
thump....................thump............thump.......thump......thump....thump...
thump thump thump thumpthumpthumpthump

And the king of all nature sounds IMHO - elk bugling (when I was in high elevation Arizona)

I`m a little far South for grouse, but they are one I wished I had pursued when I was younger. As for "birds", if you`re down this way and hear older hunters talking about birds, they`re talking about quail. Love to hear elk bugles, wild turkeys gobbling, and bull alligators when they roar.

 

[Redbow]

I tip my hat to the bird experts on this forum! So many species of birds are very similar, and I don't think I could ever learn how to tell them apart.

I ain't even close to being a bird expert when it comes to identification. I can identify certain species that I have seen around our area for most of my life. I forgot about the Towhee birds we used to have them but in 2009 we had a very severe cold spell. After the frigid weather was over we have never seen a Towhee since. The male Towhee has striking colors while the female is not nearly as colorful as the male. We still miss them to this day they used to eat the bird seed that other species of birds spilled onto the ground from our feeders every day.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Speaking of bird sounds - ruffed grouse drumming in the spring when I lived in Wisconsin! Like a cross between a bass drum & an old truck starting up:
thump....................thump............thump.......thump......thump....thump...
thump thump thump thumpthumpthumpthump

And the king of all nature sounds IMHO - elk bugling (when I was in high elevation Arizona)

We’ve got both of those right here in western nc.

 

[Redbow]

I always like the sound that a covey of Quail makes when all the birds lift off the ground at once. Anyone ever stepped into a roosting covey of Quail at night while crossing a broom straw field to get to your favorite Coon hunting spot? They explode right under your feet some even bumping into people when they fly, scaring the heck out of everyone involved.

 

[Nicodemus]

I ain't even close to being a bird expert when it comes to identification. I can identify certain species that I have seen around our area for most of my life. I forgot about the Towhee birds we used to have them but in 2009 we had a very severe cold spell. After the frigid weather was over we have never seen a Towhee since. The male Towhee has striking colors while the female is not nearly as colorful as the male. We still miss them to this day they used to eat the bird seed that other species of birds spilled onto the ground from our feeders every day.

We call them Jo-rees. But, a right smart of our critters have their own local names.

 

[notnksnemor]

We have a healthy population of mockingbirds around the house.
They cover everything from banshee to opera according to their mood.

 

[Silver Britches]

A mountain creek running sounds good when you're laying in a tent beside it at night.

Or rain hitting the tent tarp on a rainy day/night. Always cover the top of my tent with a tarp. Been in a tent many a day during a rain shower, and that’s some of the best sleeping.

 

[Core Lokt]

Heard the frogs on the lake a mile away last night.

 

[Redbow]

We call them Jo-rees. But, a right smart of our critters have their own local names.

Yes Nic so did we when I was growing up on the farm a long time ago.

And there is no better sound than rain on a tin roof for putting one to sleep after a hard days work on the farm.

 

[NCHillbilly]

We call them Jo-rees. But, a right smart of our critters have their own local names.

Same thing we call them here. They're still plentiful here.

 

[Nicodemus]

Same thing we call them here. They're still plentiful here.

We're wrapped up in them here year round.

 

[ucfireman]

After stepping outside during that eclipse a while ago, and hearing total silence, really makes me appreciate all the background chittering that songbirds provide.

Forgot about that, it did get weirdly quiet.

bull alligators when they roar.

Never heard that, need to make a trip down to the swamp and listen.

A few years back I decided the only way I would ever hear an Elk is to go to NC. I did and it was awesome, then Ky the next year and TN a couple years back. Awesome sound.

 

[Nicodemus]

Forgot about that, it did get weirdly quiet.

Never heard that, need to make a trip down to the swamp and listen.

A few years back I decided the only way I would ever hear an Elk is to go to NC. I did and it was awesome, then Ky the next year and TN a couple years back. Awesome sound.

When you hear a big bull roar, you won`t have to ask what it is. You`ll know. Nothing else in this world sounds like that.


Except maybe a T Rex, or an Allosaurus.

 

[NCHillbilly]

When you hear a big bull roar, you won`t have to ask what it is. You`ll know. Nothing else in this world sounds like that.


Except maybe a T Rex, or an Allosaurus.

That's one sound I've never heard.

 

[Silver Britches]

That's one sound I've never heard.

Do you see many gators in your part of NC? There’s a mighty healthy population down here my way. And like Nic said, you’ll know when you hear one. It’s an awesome thing to hear, especially when you’re in waist deep of water out in a nasty swamp.