Backyard

Appreciate the natural sounds of a Colorado backyard.

Hear more from Jacob Job at https://www.jacobrjob.com/

Series illustration: Mia Rincón

Episode photograph: Marek Uliasz / Alamy (Storm cloud over Fort Collins, Colorado)

Hear more from R. J. Fechter on https://rjfechter.bandcamp.com and https://www.twitch.tv/rjandj

Hear more from Patrick McNameeKing on his podcast, Empty Clouds (Spotify, Apple, Google)

Transcript

Welcome to Ambient Colorado. I’m Martin Burch.

Today ... a new perspective on a familiar, domestic landscape ... as we listen very closely to a northern Colorado backyard.

Our recording equipment makes it easier to be a patient, quiet listener ... revealing ever-present details which can be easily missed.

When most people are still asleep ... a whole bush full of House Sparrows are waking up and chatting away in the pre-dawn light ... as sprinklers water the garden.

Later ... we get close enough to touch the black-capped chickadees eating from a bird feeder and bathing in a small fountain.

Big sounds deserve a closer listen, too. Crickets chirp as a train passes through. A thunderstorm rolls in. And birds sing as the recycling is collected.

Nature is all around us ... if you listen closely.

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Sounds of Loveland, Colorado ... recorded by Jacob Job.

Series Producer ... Martin Burch.

Series Adviser ... Ann Marie Awad.

Sound Design by Patrick McnameeKing.

Music by R. J. Fechter.

I’m Sarah Vitak in Denver, Colorado.