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One of my neighbors was getting complaints from his tenants about acorns dropping on the metal roof. He cut the tree down. Which was in an adjoining yard.
Just moved into a new house and have been getting familiar with the "new" noises outdoors. Kept hearing several odd ones at night that I couldn't assign to anything. Turned out to be moose. There's a fairly recently planted lawn around part of the house that comes right up to the wall. They graze right up to the wall too. First there'd be ripping tearing noises, crunching munching noises. If that particular moose decided to lay down and ruminate for a while, I could even hear that. A sort of low frequency surging, rumbling, with belches. The grass is a bit short for them to reach standing up, so I've seen them graze while lying down or kneeling. Look ridiculous with their rumps sticking straight up in the air. But then moose look sort of ridiculous much of the time IMHO.
I have a great photo, but couldn't seem to upload it today.
It is mating season so there can be 3-5 out there at once. Sometimes they moan, bray, and rumble to each other. Mostly peaceful, but sometimes a couple of bulls let their hormones get the upper hand and they start sparring, shoving each other around. Thuds and thumps. They keep kicking the septic system vent caps off the pipes and barging into the deck railings.
When I lived in Upstate NY I loved the call of a newly arrived Redwing Blackbird perched on a cattail, as it signified that the long winter was finally over, and spring was here.
When I lived in Upstate NY I loved the call of a newly arrived Redwing Blackbird perched on a cattail, as it signified that the long winter was finally over, and spring was here.
Yes! I look for the redwings in spring in both my rural and not-so-rural places. I love the way they perch.
Good sound.. halyards clanking on sailboat mast in a marina in a breeze.
Bad sound.. same halyards clanking on a sailboat mast in a marina if you are trying to sleep..
Rain on a metal roof.. good sound. I have a metal roof that was put on an older house and when the metal roof was installed, a few inches of some type of foam insulation was added. This metal roof seems to work well.. no leaks but it makes all sorts of creaking noises when its heating up during the day. This is the only metal roof I have been under, do they all make all sorts of creaking noises during daily heating and cooling? Not really a bad sound..
Good sound.. halyards clanking on sailboat mast in a marina in a breeze.
Bad sound.. same halyards clanking on a sailboat mast in a marina if you are trying to sleep..
Rain on a metal roof.. good sound. I have a metal roof that was put on an older house and when the metal roof was installed, a few inches of some type of foam insulation was added. This metal roof seems to work well.. no leaks but it makes all sorts of creaking noises when its heating up during the day. This is the only metal roof I have been under, do they all make all sorts of creaking noises during daily heating and cooling? Not really a bad sound..
The ones attached to purlins generally don't.
I'm a light sleeper, and always slept poorly on a boat, even under the best of conditions. Sleeping in a tent was much easier.
I just downloaded "voice recorder" to my phone... lol. Lets play guess what my nuts falling sounds like!
Some sounds are very hard to recognize unless you're there and see some evidence.
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