The Sounds of Spring, with Soundtrack
It’s spring. There’s a lot to listen to! And it will get louder and louder over the approaching months. In early spring, the stream I stroll alongside is stuffed with ice-melt and cascades down the rocky gulley that's frozen in winter and dry in midsummer, roaring now like ocean waves. The cardinals, with their winter “cheer, cheer, cheer,” are joined by early spring arrivals with their songs, from the dulcet coo-coo of a mourning dove to the shriek of a blue jay. In just a few weeks the migratory birds heading north and people who settle right here for the summer time will convey new songs. If we’re fortunate, the wonderful rose-breasted grosbeak will cease by, its sound as lovely as its look. A mocking fowl can nearly drive you loopy with its seemingly countless serenade. The rat-a-tat-tat of woodpeckers varies by their measurement and the wooden they’re tapping. Later within the season, bugs present a gentle soundtrack – katydids, the whine of mosquitoe...