Sounds Southern

Recorded on October 8, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a nighttime chorus of crickets and katydids beneath the Draconid meteor shower. Rising softly above the steady rhythm of insects are the distant hoots of a Great Horned Owl, establishing its territory and beginning its courtship calls as autumn settles over the hill country. This recording is best heard in a quiet setting, ideal for...

Recorded on October 5, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a breezy autumn day in the pasture. Listeners will hear psithurism moving through the towering Blackjack Oaks and the fall song of a Northern Mockingbird establishing its winter territory in the American Beautyberry and Blackberry thicket below. The Northern Mockingbird’s fall song is remarkably different from its spring song, with o...

Recorded on September 3, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of morning in the fall garden. Crickets and grasshoppers are bursting with life, while dozens of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds crowd the garden feeders during the peak of fall migration, fueling up for their long journey south. Dog-day Cicadas sing from the loblolly pines, reveling in the heat wave. Other birds raise their voices in the...

Recorded on September 11, 2026 on the sleeping porch, this is the sound of scattered thundershowers moving across the pasture beneath a particularly colorful sunset. Listeners will hear light rain falling on the metal roof, dripping onto the rain drum and deep rolls of thunder as the storm begins to break apart. As the rain moves on and daylight fades, cricket song rises from the fall-blooming pla...

Recorded on September 4, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a late-summer night chorus beneath a sky full of stars and waxing gibbous moon. Crickets and katydids fill the darkness with rattles, chirps and trills, joined by the fading buzz of a few late-summer cicadas as the season begins to turn toward fall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded on September 6, 2026 in the Cold Springs woods, this is the sound of a dawn chorus beneath a setting waning crescent moon. Chirping crickets provide a steady rhythm as blue hour gives way to dawn and the quiet woods awaken to birdsong at the turn of the season.  The clear, metallic song of a Hooded Warbler stands out from the early September chorus, its four or five notes ringing thr...

Recorded on August 30, 2026 at the prairie remnant along Cold Springs Road, this is the sound of a dawn chorus of insects and birds as summer begins to loosen its grip on the hill country. After a record-hot August, fall-blooming plants are beginning to flower, with hardy Partridge Pea and Little Bluestem shining despite the heat. Migrating birds are beginning to pass through the hill country, joi...

Recorded on August 28, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a late-summer morning chorus as the first wave of Ruby-throated Hummingbird migration brings a growing charm of hummingbirds to Heart Place. Listeners will hear the whir of their wings and chatter of their calls as they dart among the fall-blooming plants and feeders. Joining the morning chorus are Killdeer, Carolina Wren, Gray Catbi...

Recorded on August 26, 2026 on the sleeping porch, this is the sound of a late-summer night chorus while the Night-blooming Cereus, also known as Queen of the Night, is in bloom. Insect musicians chirp, click, zip, rattle and lisp through in the humid landscape as the flower opens for the night. Though the Night-blooming Cereus is a tropical plant, it has an interesting place in Southern culture....

Recorded on August 21, 2026 on the sleeping porch, this is the sound of a late-summer thunderstorm breaking a weeklong heat wave. Big thunderheads build at sundown, sending rolling thunder across the hill country followed by brilliant flashes of lightning watched from the shelter of the dogtrot sleeping porch. Sounds Southern Extended listeners will hear an hour of this rich summer storm as rollin...

Recorded on August 16, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a summer morning in the middle of an August heat wave. The steady trill of field crickets provides a backdrop for the morning chorus, with Eastern Wood-Pewee, American Crow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Tufted Titmouse, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Kingbird, Barn Swallow, Carol...

Recorded on August 12, 2026 on the Way Out West Deck, this is the sound of a nighttime insect chorus beneath the Perseid meteor shower and a dark new moon sky. The rhythmic chorus of crickets and katydids fills the summer night, creating a gentle lullaby well suited for relaxing, meditating or drifting off to sleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded on August 7, 2026 on the sleeping porch at the dogtrot, this is the sound of a late afternoon pop-up thundershower, one of those sudden Mississippi summer storms born from the heat of an August afternoon. Listeners will hear approaching thunderclouds followed by increasing rain falling softly on the metal roof and onto the rain drum. A soothing summer storm, perfect for relaxing or cleari...

Recorded on August 8, 2026 at the dogtrot, this is the sound of late-summer dawn as blue hour gives way to first light. After an evening of rainshowers, the morning begins cool and dewy, with the first birdsong rising through the pasture and garden. A charm of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds takes center stage with the males’ monotonous dawn chip calls, rapid sputtering zeeekididid chase calls and the...

Recorded on Aug 6, 2026 in the prairie remnants along Cold Springs Road, this is the sound of an insect chorus on a warm August night. Listeners will hear bush and tree katydids, crickets and cicadas delightfully pulsating in the trees and weedy plants along the gravel roadside. The foreground features the raspy rattle of a trio of Lesser Angle-wing katydids in conversation. Hosted on Acast. See a...

Recorded on July 26, 2026 at Wall Doxey State Park in Holly Springs, this is the sound of a summer night chorus of insects and amphibians. The stars of the night are a colony of Green Frogs with their explosive glunk calls, the long, buzzing beeeeeeeeeeee of Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toads and the distant, high whistles of Bird-voiced Treefrogs. Beneath their voices, katydids, cicadas and crickets we...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 C...

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...

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...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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....

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,...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Recorded on June 20, 2026, this is the sound of a late afternoon thundershower bringing a deep, soaking rain to the hill country. Sounds Southern Extended listeners will hear more than 80 minutes of steady rainfall recorded from an open kitchen window at the dogtrot. The rain coaxes a Squirrel Treefrog into song, joined by Southern Cricket Frogs calling from Bullfrog Pond. Once the rain quiets, li...