birds

The bright sound of birds chirping outside of the barbershop, with the sounds of cars driving by serving as a backdrop. Recorded using a Zoom H4n.

On a bright and cold Sunday morning, a few families bring their children to the playground at Durham Central Park. Off in the distance are also teenagers enjoying their weekend at the skate park up the hill from the playground. Birds chirp happily in the background. Occasionally, the faint sounds of cars rumbling by are audible. Recorded using a Zoom H4n.

Nestled into the safe comfort of a road-side branch, a group of baby birds call out to their mother. Three times, the call of another bird rises above the other bird calls. A perceptive ear can catch the faint calls of other birds that intermittently enter the soundscape.

Early February, one cold afternoon, the low buzz of the generator fans, slightly masked by the wind, gets interrupted by the sound of airplane flying over, its decay to be accompanied by chirps of birds in the background.

The sound of birds chirping in the gardens outside of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at Oberlin College. Recorded on and iPhone 4.

Sound recording of a birds and crickets chirping in a forest.

Youtube recording of a Remington 770 hunting rifle being fired in a field at cans for target practice.