Spring has sprung in mid Wales (still a bit cold though).
We got an inch of snow here yesterday, but spring is on the way. Springing, but not quite fully sprung. Birds are starting to sing, sparrows are doing their thing.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53611
I read this thread the other night and thought, yeah, audio tracks, dial-up friendly. Animal sounds,
. I have no idea how to host audio files but I will sometimes play a track like this one over the intercom at work.
http://www.junglewalk.com/Asounds/cougar4.wav
Good for employee morale.
Not sure what the customers think.
I live in town so I've got a few noisy neighbors. Seems to peak about mid summer on Saturday nights. Screaming, gunfire, sirens. Grey noise really; like waves breaking on a beach, but not quite and not quiet.
The neighbors that really put on a late night show is the local dominant street gang, The Raccoons. I am allied with The Raccoons because I like them better than The Feral Cats. Why, how, why do cats make such a noise, so loud at 4 in the morning, why? Get a room, please geez
The Raccoons whole up, lay low (up above ground level) in "safe houses" for most of the winter. The occasional tracks, but not a peep during the winter months.
Anyway, The Raccoons must be feeling spring fever as much as I and tonight they were out. First time I've heard audible sign since late fall last year.
I would really like to make an audio recording, raccoons make a wide range of sounds. I could not find a sample that truly speaks raccoon. The best I can do at the moment is to offer this lo-tec audio montage:
Open the four following pages in a small window (restore down) . Spread the windows out across your screen so you can hit all the play buttons in succession. Turn the volume all the way up. Imagine you are asleep at 3AM. Now play track1, quick as you can play track2, 3, 4, so they are all playing at once. When you have clicked on track4, click again on track1, 2, 3, 4. Repeat for 30 minutes or so.
http://www.degus.com/sounds/cast1.wav
http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/raccoon.wav
http://www.degus.com/sounds/cast1.wav
http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/raccoon.wav