164: Peaceful Night In The Forest

164: Peaceful Night In The Forest

Author: Sound By Nature May 27, 2024 Duration: 9:12:06

This was recorded on a quiet spring night in a Ponderosa Pine dominant forest in the McCloud flats area of Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The night started of breezy, then gradually became calm and quiet until dawn when birds began to sing.


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174: All Night Beside the North Fork of the Salmon River [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:00:00
This was recorded on a cold spring night beside rapids on the swiftly flowing North Fork of the Salmon River in Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The Salmon River is part of the National Wild and Scen…
173: Breezy Spring Afternoon in the Forest [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:00:00
This was recorded on a breezy spring afternoon in the forest beside the Pacific Crest Trail in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. Listen for the footsteps of a passing hiker, that thankfully didn'…
172: Spring Night at Dry Lake [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:31:32
This was recorded on a clear spring night beside Dry Lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The recording starts just before midnight and ends just before sunrise.
171: Spring Day Beside the North Fork of the Salmon River [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:26:33
This was recorded on a clear and sunny spring day beside the North Fork of the Salmon River near Idlewild Campground in Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The river was flowing swift and high with abun…
170: Lost Coast- Spring Evening At Mattole Beach [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:08
This was recorded on a cloudy spring evening during low tide at Mattole Beach on the Lost Coast in Humboldt County, California. There was a light offshore wind and the ocean surface was glassy, a rare treat at a place th…
Bonus! Visitors In The Night At Russian Lake [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:38
This was compiled from parts of the overnight recording I made tree ears style on a Mountain Hemlock tree standing near Russian Lake in the Russian Wilderness on a very warm summer night in mid July. The first part of th…
169: Russian Wilderness- Tree Ears- Nightfall Beside Russian Lake [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:59
This was recorded on a partly cloudy and warm summer evening beside Russian Lake in the Russian Wilderness, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The wind was calm and the lake was still as frogs sang in…
168: Russian Wilderness- Tree Ears- South Russian Creek [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:33:00
This was recorded on a partly cloudy and hot summer afternoon beside South Russian Creek in the Russian Wilderness, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. I made this recording tree ears style on a Mountai…
167: Nighthawks Over Chimney Crater Lava Flow [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:44:04
This was recorded early on the morning after summer solstice on the Chimney Crater lava flow in the Medicine Lake Highlands in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Numerous Common Nighthawks were…
166: Tree Ears- Beside The North Fork Of The Sacramento River [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:47:00
This was recorded beside the North Fork of the Sacramento River on a partly cloudy and warm afternoon in late spring in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was made using the tree ears recordi…