An inversion layer at daybreak: the high whine of tires on asphalt rings in my ear. The sky grows dark again, but it’s only a mizzle.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: I-99
Dawn breeze. The whine of tires from...
Dawn breeze. The whine of tires from the highway over the ridge is punctuated by the heavy thwacks of falling walnuts.
Also tagged black walnuts
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The sound of deer running through the...
The sound of deer running through the woods, and from over the ridge, that highway whine: we race through the deserts of our own making.
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Highway noise from over the ridge;...
Highway noise from over the ridge; a whiff of diesel. A downy woodpecker going up the dead elm passes a nuthatch going down.
Also tagged downy woodpecker, nuthatch
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No trains are running. The black-and...
No trains are running. The black-and-white warbler’s quiet wheeze competes only with the distant vuvuzelas of rubber on road.
Also tagged black-and-white warbler, train
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Yes, I can watch tanagers in the treetops...
Yes, I can watch tanagers in the treetops, a hooded warbler in the bush. But just over the ridge, the interstate howls. There’s no escape.
Also tagged hooded warbler, scarlet tanager
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A screech owl adds its quaver to the...
A screech owl adds its quaver to the minimal dawn chorus: mourning dove coos, finch and sparrow chirps. Snow and highway noise on the wind.
Also tagged mourning doves, screech owl
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Sunday morning rain is different; it...
Sunday morning rain is different; it’s quieter. The distant rumble I take at first for traffic on the interstate turns out to be thunder.
Also tagged mourning doves
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Long before daylight you can hear it...
Long before daylight you can hear it coming, this first Monday after New Year’s, loud with the whine of truck tires on the interstate.
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For the first time in weeks, there&#...
For the first time in weeks, there’s a slow gurgle from where the stream starts. Highway noise. The gray sky is gravid with bad weather.
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