Today we dragged the baseline: nine species. Thirty-six degrees, overcast with a very low ceiling, spitting rain. At 7:16, the faintest of robins. So few birds I notice more the variation in human-produced sounds. For example, there isn’t just “highway noise.” Right in front, we’ve got accelerations up the steep on-ramp to I-99, and behind, decelerations to the off-ramp. SUV; sedan; quarry truck; Dodge Ram; Cheetos truck: each distinct. In the middle, the roar of through vehicles. And then the trains: today, one rumbling Norfolk Southern after another, every quarter-hour. The ones from the east first appear whistling the Plummer’s Hollow crossing, then some seconds later, the Tyrone crossing.
Tannery Raven
Tannery Raven
Tannery Raven
Today we dragged the baseline: nine species. Thirty-six degrees, overcast with a very low ceiling, spitting rain. At 7:16, the faintest of robins. So few birds I notice more the variation in human-produced sounds. For example, there isn’t just “highway noise.” Right in front, we’ve got accelerations up the steep on-ramp to I-99, and behind, decelerations to the off-ramp. SUV; sedan; quarry truck; Dodge Ram; Cheetos truck: each distinct. In the middle, the roar of through vehicles. And then the trains: today, one rumbling Norfolk Southern after another, every quarter-hour. The ones from the east first appear whistling the Plummer’s Hollow crossing, then some seconds later, the Tyrone crossing.