My wife and I live close to campus and we often walk there together for various events (especially since my wife is still a student there for graduate studies). The closest route there is down Robins Street, a rather busy street populated by many noisy and ever so annoying dogs. One in particular is a smallish mutt who barks and barks and barks the moment he sees you until well after you are past his territory. I decided to go rile him up a bit and see if he wouldn’t perform for me. He certainly didn’t disappoint, but I’m afraid I underestimated the volume level of his bark and the recording I made is a weee bit distorted in places. Ah well. You can still get an idea of just how enthusiastic this guy is when it comes to barking at passerby.
Download Audio: Noisy Doggy
On the same walk I witnessed the sick squirrel, I recorded today’s sound byte of a sprinkler in somebody’s yard. Although it does sound mostly like rain, it was only the sprinkler hitting the trees, sidewalk, and plants. And lest we forget we live in an ever more populated world, you can hear the slightest roar of the interstate in the background.
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Walking about at 7 this morning, I heard this awful screeching sound coming from a tree by the road. Looking up, I saw a lone squirrel sitting on one branch just making this horrible barking like noise over and over and over. There had to have been something wrong with the poor fellow because I have certainly never heard a squirrel making this noise before. It’s not often you hear a squirrel make any noise at all, let alone this sort of racket.
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It is still peaceful at UCA since students haven’t arrived yet. I was there close to 8pm and the evening bugs were starting their song, along with the constant drone of the huge air conditioners. In this recording the bugs and air conditioning take center stage, while the clock chimes 8pm in the background.
UCA Bells
Enjoyed a cool evening with a slew of lightning strikes 2 nights ago, although there was no rain or actual storm. I went outside with my recording equipment to try to record some thunder, but it was infrequent and the wind was picking up, making recording outside difficult. From what I did get, this snipit has an air conditioner, evening bugs, a train in the background, one car, and one thunder strike.
Download Audio: Thunder no Rain