Monday, August 6, 2007

Cacophony






It has been getting louder and louder over the last three days. And there are people on Maui who complain about little coqui frogs.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

It sounds like the wood's around my parent's place in Virginia, on the edge of the Blue Ridge.

Here, we have frogs. Very, very loud frogs. Sometimes they even scare the dogs, which is pretty funny to see.

Christopher C. NC said...

The main thing I have noticed is that covers up the sounds of the things that rustle out there in the darkness. That I find a little creepy still. There was the late night encounter with the possum were I held my nerve and didn't run inside.

The cicadas are comforting.

chuck b. said...

Wow--It's a lot creepy! Yikes!

Aside from the occasional gunshot, it's usually very quiet where I live.

I'd have to double up on my Ambien to sleep outside Clyde this summer.

Cheryl said...

I love the sounds of frogs and cicadas, but I've never gotten close enough to watch them sing.

Have you seen any lightning bugs lately? It's really creepy to see lots of little green lights in the bushes that look eyes watching you, when your hike unexpectedly stretches past sunset.

Carol Michel said...

I love the sounds of the bugs in late summer, and have always found it soothing, but a reminder when I was younger that summer was ending and school beginning again. So it also reminds me of the passing of another season.

Annie in Austin said...

This youtube could be a warming sound next winter, Christopher!
The night sounds used to be that loud on the deck at our last house - we don't have that volume here, but it's pretty loud, and punctuated by thumps as the ripening pecans fall from the trees and bounce on the roof. Once in awhile I'll see the cicadas and some little frogs.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose