"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:02:18 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:

It's quiet here in the winter. All I may hear is a dog barking or rooster
crowing off in the distance. From spring to fall it gets noisy with an
assortment of insects, crickets, birds and the frogs. The bird song and
frogs peter out summer. From late summer to frost it's mainly insects and
crickets - right up to the first killing frost.
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It just doesn't get that cold here. The mosquitoes and other bugs get
pretty thinned out by the first frost, which often occurs in December but
has been as late as January.

Oh, lucky you! :-) Our winters are not that bad here in TN either but we
do get some real cold snaps. The temps can get down into the teens at
night. Our first frost usually occurs my mid to late October.

It's louder in spring and summer, but other
critters pretty much make noise year round in this area. Frogs pretty
much
are here all year, and birds come here in the winter just like other folks
from up north.

We have a lot of birds here as well, and several feeders for them - but
they're pretty quiet until April and May when the breeding season starts.
The closer to the lake you get the more birdsong and insects you hear. I'm
surrounded by nature. :-))

It seems quieter out here than in the city to me, but I'd
imagine it has more with me liking nature sounds than city sounds. The
actual noise level probably isn't a whole lot less.

I lived in NYC which can get pretty darn noisy with Jets, sirens, Fire
Engines, back-firing cars and what have you - but when you live there in
becomes white-noise and you don't really hear it unless it's right outside
your door.
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