Wild Voices

[paleoman]

#5234

Every morning here at home I hear the Sandhill Cranes start up at dawn. I love it. And the crickets chirping like they seem to do in August was a sweet sound last night. This is just a beautiful early morning here in Michigan as the summer winds down. Now there’s a blue jay screaming….among a few other tweeters I gear. What are some of your normal outside noises. I think late August and September are like fine wine.

[Ralph]

#38616

I, like you, love the fall of the year. I have to wait for awhile for the coming of the cranes and geese but they come in the multitudes when it happens.

My wife and I were discussing yesterday eve over a cup of coffee how the air seems to calm and begins to take on a bit of a golden glow.

Gotta remember though, time to put a warm coat back in the truck!

[sinawalli]

#38630

Last year at elk camp when I would get back at dark, there would be a pack of wolves howling nearby as I ate my super. Dinner and a symphony! Loved it!

[mgerard]

#38682

Cardinals, woodpeckers, chickadees, squirrels, and those darn bluejays. My favorite is the robin at dusk. Seems to be the magic hour during our deer season, which is only 44 days away!

[Troy Warner]

#38695

Paleo,

You come up with some of the best topics and some of the off the wall topics. 😀

I too love the sounds of late summer and early fall, the sound of the morning doves seem crisper, the calls of the ducks and geese beginning to flock up for the pending trip south, and later in the fall the sounds of the cranes and swans migrating through along with the snows and blues, hmmmm I need to start my wood cutting…. 😯 Maaayyybbeeee next weekend. For now a cup of coffee, calm morning and my loyal huntin lab, Dakota, at my feet- ahhh heaven…. 😀 until season opens of course. 😉

[David Petersen]

#38771

Sinawalli Bill– I can’t describe my envy. I have hunted AK several times (but never again) and have seen wolves, but never heard one howling. I have heard them howl in the Glacier backcountry, but not while hunting. At this point I can’t see that a hunting camp and wolf music will ever coincide for me. That you apparently were alone for that magical experience! You’re a lucky man, I’m sure you know.

[paleoman]

#38808

tradhunter1 wrote: Paleo,

You come up with some of the best topics and some of the off the wall topics. 😀

I too love the sounds of late summer and early fall, the sound of the morning doves seem crisper, the calls of the ducks and geese beginning to flock up for the pending trip south, and later in the fall the sounds of the cranes and swans migrating through along with the snows and blues, hmmmm I need to start my wood cutting…. 😯 Maaayyybbeeee next weekend. For now a cup of coffee, calm morning and my loyal huntin lab, Dakota, at my feet- ahhh heaven…. 😀 until season opens of course. 😉

Thanks for the comment up there. I actually had a traumatic brain injury in my teens. So, all my shortcomings and stupid posts I blame on that:lol:

[Troy Warner]

#38824

paleoman wrote: [quote=tradhunter1]Paleo,

You come up with some of the best topics and some of the off the wall topics. 😀

Thanks for the comment up there. I actually had a traumatic brain injury in my teens. So, all my shortcomings and stupid posts I blame on that:lol:

I have enjoyed all your posts that I’ve read especially the off the wall ones. :D. Hmmmm maybe your traumatic brain injury helped expand your imagination. 😉

I’ve been told that I was dropped a few times as a child, but thinking on it, being the baby of four boys I’m wondering how many of those times weren’t drops but throws. 😕

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#38861

sinawalli wrote: Last year at elk camp when I would get back at dark, there would be a pack of wolves howling nearby as I ate my super. Dinner and a symphony! Loved it!

Awesome. I had one run right be me while hunting a few years ago. I’ve been seeing plenty of recent wolf sign in my hunting area, and talking to my neighbor (who works for IDF&G), it sounds like they killed some chickens at a house up the road a few days ago. Someone else just down the road from us spotted several in their backyard. It definitely makes things more interesting.

paleoman wrote: I actually had a traumatic brain injury in my teens. So, all my shortcomings and stupid posts I blame on that:lol:

Ha. Wish I had that good of a reason!

[Etter1]

#39157

I heard a wolf howling in Idaho this year and have found their tracks several times in Canada. Awesome!

[James Harvey]

#39297

There is a bird up here in north QLD called a Bush Stone Curlew. Ecologically analogous to the roadrunner apparently. Long, skinny legs with a sleek running bird’s body and a pair of huge, soul searing yellow eyes. During the day they sit around determinedly (suicidally) using the ‘freeze’ technique to avoid predation. But when the sun goes down they sing to one another one of the most haunting songs I’ve heard in the wild.

Here is an audio sample:

Trust me, if you’ve had one bore into your soul with those eyes during the day, then hear that out in the lonely scrub, it can be a special sound.

[Wolfshead]

#39843

I was walking Lou, our Dog, yesterday morning at 4:30 am, and enjoyed the conversation of what I could figure was at least 4 Cardinals whistling away to one another.

My better half and I were just discussing how it is beginning to feel like fall as well. Even the way the sun light looks and the air feels….

I really love the fall, when Mother Nature is so giving of herself!

I live in the Northeast, but I sure do envy those of you who have the large expanses of land to hunt, the Elk, the wolves, etc… To hear, see and experience.

Good on you all!

[Stephen Graf]

#39889

For me, the sound of things to come is the crow. Somehow their call changes in the fall. When I hear them calling, I just can’t help but want to be in the woods.

[David Coulter]

#40040

Whose quote is it? I can’t imagine a day without crows. Yesterday, coming home from the early morning dog walk/stumping session, a few crows hollered our arrive back home. Later that afternoon, during an afternoon wedding, a crow called and swooped down the ridge behind the ceremony. That moment was as sacred as any for me. You can always count on crows when nothing else will lend a sound. dwc

[sinawalli]

#40267

Problem with hearing wolves I find is that game can be scarce. One trip north for moose in a once lucrative spot was dismal. Saw heard wolves all the time. Still makes for a awesome hunting experience! My first trad hunt, I had one walk up to within 20 yards of me. Would of came closer, but I chickened out. Was hiding behind a tree and he had no idea I was there! Pretty cool!

[David Fudala]

#41312

Up here in Northern Wisconsin this is an exciting time of year for wild voices. Although many of the cheerful and tireless singing of the early summer songbirds has diminished there are a multitude of sounds that sing of Autumn. As you guys have already said, the excited calling of the crows begins to increase as do the morning and evening callings of the owls. The hummingbirds are busy preparing themselves for their journey south and they call to each other constantly to remind each other that time is running short. The loons are begining to group together a bit more now even though it will still be some time before they leave and they compete with each other to see who is the loudest. But my number one, favorite fall voice is that of the humble chipmunk! On late summer and early fall evenings, there can be no more soothing a sound than the subtle chirps of a chipmunk before he retires for the evening. Every time I hear it I am reminded that it is once again my favorite time of year!

I wanted to just throw in my quick opinion about the wolves. I am blessed to live in an area that is home to wolves. I feel they are an extremely necessary part of our wild ecosystem here in North America. I could not imagine a season where I did not hear them call during a moonlit night as I walk back to my truck after a day afield. What I believe does the wolf a terrible injustice is how its species has been mis-managed in these modern times. We’ve seen it first hand here in Wisconsin with the failed Elk herd experiment, and everybody jumps to blame the wolf. Bull! You can’t manage a prey species if you can’t manage its apex predator! We will see how legalized hunting will affect the balance now that we have it as a tool to use. I know it will be a long time before the results are measurable but I hope there can be found, a way to consider both wolves and their prey, desirable parts of the wild experience! I would sure miss them!

[grumpy]

#42367

full moon last night, we HAD to go out and howl at it

[mhay]

#45973

Barred owl

dominant male ‘yote giving his territorial bark howl

DEEP HOLLOW CLUCK OF AN OL’ LONGBEARD

cardinal at first light

These are but a few of the WILD VOICES that I am happy to hear .

[Bunyan Morris]

#46061

The bobwhite quail does it for me. We are lucky to have quite the “huntable population” in my southeast Georgia hunting grounds. They are not hunted so the population is quite strong. There is something about that whistle and then the answer.

Mourning doves soft mournful coo is another favorite outdoor sound.

[Etter1]

#46238

I almost forgot about ravens. We heard them all day long in Canada but we only get them in Ga in the winter, and then only in the mountains. Love ravens!

[Ben M.]

#47128

Some of my favorite summer sounds come from several birds in the same family, Caprimulgidae (the Goatsuckers).

The Common Nighthawk, one of my most favorite birds.

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Chuck-will’s-widow. The initial “CLICK!” sound before the bird’s main call can only be heard if it is close to you. The person who made this video must have been very close for it to sound so loud.

Common Poorwill

To my knowledge, the Flint Hills of Kansas are the only place in the United States where all four of these Goatsuckers can be heard at the same time. It’s a brief two-to-three week window when their breeding seasons overlap. To me it’s a true spectacle of North American wildlife.

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