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. ... 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.