Sound By Nature

While recording Episode 46 I left my recording set up within sight of the trail and some curious hikers stopped to inspect it. Thankfully they didn't take it with them! 

This was recorded on the Pacific Crest Trail near the middle fork of High Camp Creek in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Trinity County, California. Thunder passes nearby almost continuously, unnervingly close at times, with occasional light rain showers.  Sound By Nature is produced by me with generous support from listeners like you. If these recordings help provide you with a little relief f...

This was recorded at Shastine Crater in the Medicine Lake Highlands area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The recording starts as thunder and rain pass directly overhead and then drift off into the distance. Unfortunately lightning strikes from these storms caused several wildfires which forced the closure of Lava Beds National Monument and a mandatory evacuation...

This was recorded in late spring at sunset beside a spring fed mountain stream just upstream from it's entry into Upper Deadfall Lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Trinity County, California. Sound By Nature is produced by me with generous support from listeners. If you enjoy the podcast and feel that it provides you with a little relief from the stresses of the human world, I hope the that y...

This was recorded on a clear and calm early summer morning a little after sunrise on the upper McCloud River, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Sound By Nature is entirely produced by me with generous support from listeners. If you feel that it enriches your life or helps you in any way, I hope that you'll consider supporting it as well. You can do so by clicking the sup...

This was recorded on a rainy and windy spring day in a stand of Red and White Fir near Shastine Crater in the Medicine Lake Highlands, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California.  Thank you to my new supporters! I am extremely grateful for your support and will be using every bit of it to improve the listening experience for you and all of the podcast listeners. It is an incredibl...

This was recorded at a snowmelt stream near Porcupine Lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The lake sits on the east side of the Trinity Divide just off the Pacific Crest Trail.  It's been really tough lately, and I hope that you are all doing alright. If you have children, give them a hug. If you don't have children, then hug your loved ones. If you don't...

This episode was recorded at a secluded campsite in the Medicine Lake Highlands area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Siskiyou County, California. The campfire popped, crackled, hissed, and roared while a tarp overhead provided shelter from passing rain and sleet showers, and the heavy water droplets dripping from the fir trees above.  This was recorded during the ongoing Coronavirus...

This recording was gathered in an ice cave on the south flank of the Medicine Lake Volcano in Siskiyou County, California. This ice cave isn't a cave made of ice, but a lava tube which has filled with ice over time. This happens because during winter cold, dense air settles into the cave and has no way to escape as it is heavier than warmer air and the cave has no outlet. Enough cold air collects...

This episode was recorded on a clear and peaceful spring morning deep in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Siskiyou County, California. The campfire was set in a clearing amidst a stand of large old growth Ponderosa Pines at the edge of a lava flow near Porcupine Lake. Though it is called a lake on the map, it is really a small group of ponds and vernal pools just inside the edge of a lava flo...

This recording was gathered on a calm, partly cloudy morning beside Trout Lake at the Shasta Valley Wildlife Area in Siskiyou County, California. The area is administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and preserves well over 4,000 acres of prime wildlife habitat. You can learn more about it at https://wildlife.ca.gov/Lands/Places-to-Visit/Shasta-Valley-WA. I was able to gather...

This episode was recorded on a spring morning close to the busy birdfeeders in the backyard of a house in the small town of McCloud in Siskiyou County, California. The town sits at the forested foot of Mount Shasta, a large stratovolcano near the southern end of the Cascade Range. The morning chorus is in full swing as birds come and go from the feeders while Stellar and Scrub Jays call loudly, ro...

This recording was made on a cold and clear spring morning at a campsite in the Ah Di Na Campground on the lower McCloud River in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. With reduced air traffic during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic there is no noise pollution on this recording, under what are normally busy skies. I hope you are doing alright wherever you are, and I h...

This episode was recorded on a clear and calm February morning at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge in Siskiyou County, California. Located on the border with California and Oregon, Lower Klamath NWR was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 as the first waterfowl refuge in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. From Wikipedia: "The refug...

This episode was recorded on the high tide line just north of San Mateo Point, in south Orange County, near the border with San Diego County, California, at a spot known to surfer's as Cotton's. It was recorded at sunrise during peak high tide the day before the new moon, under mostly cloudy skies with a light offshore breeze.  I have a Facebook page for the podcast, search Sound By Nature to...

A springtime chorus of frogs at large and shallow Dry Lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California.   I have a Facebook page for the podcast, search Sound By Nature to find it and see pictures from the area this episode was recorded, as well as some of the other areas I've recorded. While you're there, like and follow it to stay updated and see pictures from future...

Here we have my recording rig falling into Lake McCloud. With the magic of rice I was able to resurrect my recorder, not so lucky with the microphone. Lesson learned. 

This episode was recorded on the shore of Lake McCloud in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California.  I have a Facebook page for the podcast, search Sound By Nature to find it and see pictures from the area this episode was recorded, as well as some of the other areas I've recorded. While you're there, like and follow it to stay updated and see pictures from future recor...

This was recorded along the stream below the uppermost of the Clear Creek Springs in the Mount Shasta Wilderness, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a cold October afternoon, with patchy clouds offering only short bursts of warm sunlight and brief glimpses of the mountain looming above.  I have a Facebook page for the podcast, search Sound By Nature to fi...

This episode was recorded at a campsite near the Cabin Creek Trailhead and the confluence of Cabin Creek and Squaw Valley Creek in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. It was a cool day with passing clouds and thundershowers- a good day to sit beside a warm campfire.  I have a Facebook page for the podcast, search Sound By Nature to find it and see pictures from the...

This recording was gathered in a stand of Quaking Aspen(populus tremuloides) in the Bigelow Meadow Botanical Area at the edge of Bigelow Meadow in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a sunny day with a gusty breeze at the cusp of summer and fall, with the leaves on the trees and brush just beginning to turn to their fall colors. I have a Facebook page for the po...

This was recorded on a clear summer night while paddling a canoe on Medicine Lake in Modoc National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Medicine Lake lies in the caldera of the Medicine Lake Volcano, a shield volcano in the southern end of the Cascade Range. Remotely located, there is little or no light pollution to obscure the night sky, and as such the stars shone brightly on this moonless nigh...

This recording was made at Brewer Creek on the east side of Mount Shasta in the Mount Shasta Wilderness, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. I gathered this recording from a boulder in the middle of the creek, well above treeline, just below where it surfaced from beneath an expansive snow field. The water cascaded through the scree, which had tumbled into its course, befo...

This was recorded on the cool, crisp morning of the Summer Solstice at my campsite in the Medicine Lake Highlands area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Siskiyou County , California. In my opinion, there really aren't many things more comforting than sitting beside a warm campfire on a brisk mountain morning.

This was recorded at dawn on the Summer Solstice at the edge of a large meadow in the Medicine Lake Highlands area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a brisk mountain morning, and though it was the first official morning of summer, a light frost had settled upon the meadow, while lingering patches of snow dotted the dense surrounding forest.  The record...