Sound By Nature

I recorded this on a warm late spring afternoon as thunderstorms rumbled nearby at White Ridge Spring in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Trinity County, California.  Located trailside on the Pacific Crest Trail, this beautiful spring is a convenient place to refill your water and take in the view of the Trinity Alps to the west, while also admiring the abundance of wild flowers and the od...

I recorded this episode in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Siskiyou County, California on a warm late spring day just after noon as birds sang and thunderclouds drifted by. 

I recorded this beside a spring in a small meadow along the Upper McCloud River on a beautiful partly cloudy spring morning in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California.

An early morning near the marshy edge of Big Lake at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park in Shasta County, California.

A calm evening beside Horr Pond at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, Shasta County, California. 

A partly cloudy and warm spring afternoon beside a mountain spring in the  Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Shasta County, California. I recorded this right where it burst forth from the ground in a tall stand of old growth Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Incense Cedar, and Sugar Pine. The Black Oaks, Pacific Dogwoods, and Bigleaf and Vine Maples in the understory had yet to leaf out, and the f...

A windy evening beside a shallow seasonal lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. The forest, wet from recent rain, drips as the wind blows through the tall tree tops and frogs call out, occasionally in chorus.

Burstarse Falls stands within the Castle Crags Wilderness Area just off the Pacific Crest Trail in Shasta County, California. Formed in the solid granite of the Castle Crags, its water tumbles over a precipice nearly 80 feet tall before continuing on down numerous smaller waterfalls and cascades.

This was recorded during a high spring tide at the north side of the boulder strewn cove where Partington Creek enters the ocean. There is a cave there that, as the waves rolled in and compressed the air within, created a pressurized blast of air as it escaped the temporarily submerged cave entrance.

This episode was recorded at sunset during low tide in the intertidal zone at Sand Dollar Beach in the Big Sur region of Monterey County, California.

A breezy sunset at Soberanes Point in Garrapata State Park, Monterey County, California.

A sunny morning at Fern Grotto Beach in Wilder Ranch State Park, Santa Cruz County, California.

Sunset in the intertidal zone at Pigeon Point in San Mateo County, California.

Sunrise with the pounding surf at Panther Beach in Santa Cruz County, California.

A windy sunset with high, storm tossed surf at Scott Creek Beach in Santa Cruz County, California.

Deep in the mountains of Northern California, Tom Neal Creek flows down a wild, rugged, densely forested canyon. Edged with moss and ferns, the crystal clear water tumbles over ancient sedimentary rock that form the many small waterfalls and cascades that line its course. I recorded this on a clear winter day beside the creek at a place that I found to have an unusual, albeit pleasing resonance.

Enjoy the soothing sound of Middle Fall on the McCloud River from the rocks beside the pool below the fall.

I recorded this on the Winter Solstice at the confluence of a small cascading stream and the South Fork of the Sacramento River.

I recorded this during steady rain on the floor of an old growth forest in the mountains of Northern California.

This episode was recorded at midnight on a clear, moonless night beneath the Geminid Meteor Shower during high winds atop a forested ridge in the Klamath Mountains of Northern California.

Relax beside the cold, clear water of the upper McCloud River in Northern California on a late fall day.

This episode was recorded on a sunny and crisp late fall afternoon beside Squaw Valley Creek on Mount Shasta in Northern California

A beautiful, brisk, late autumn afternoon below the Upper Fall on the McCloud River in Northern California.