May 26, 2004
Cicada Sound
I came home from New York at night and in the rain. There were cicadas crunching underfoot but they weren't making much noise. The next day I stayed in all day. I could hear them out there, but the house was muffling their vigor. This morning I went out and recorded them using the voice memo service on my palm pilot. Cicadas sound like this. That's them; it sounds like that, that's not static. A few of them, close up, don't sound like that. It's more like clicking, whirring, and whining. the aggregated sound of many, though--oi it's painful. (7FJ)
May 31, 2003
Lightning Bug Sighting
Just now, at around 1:20am, I've spotted my first lightning bug of the season. It was crawling up the window, blinking its booty. (0000XP)
This is good. (0000XQ)
January 30, 2003
Owl Eyes
Wow. Just outside my window a large owl flew up and perched on a nearby tree. It's nature day or something. Earlier 4 deer ran past the same window.
The owl is intently looking my direction.
He just flew around to a closer perch. Appears to be a Barred Owl.
Here's a semi-random pic via google:
