Roy Roy

Do you enjoy the sound of crickets at night and birds in the morning?

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Ancient Hippy Profile
Ancient Hippy answered

I do. Living in the country all of my life, I often don't hear either unless I listen. Something that I take for granted I guess. They are both peaceful sounds.

KB Baldwin Profile
KB Baldwin answered

The crickets don;t bother me at all - because the little tree frogs completely drown out the cricket sounds.  We have to close the windows so we can hear the TV.  No roosters nearby, so I am spared that annoyance.  However, we have a mockingbird that sets up in our trees and starts his noise at dawn. 

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Virginia Lou
Virginia Lou commented
Oh, tree frogs are so wonderful, so dear...and since they are loud maybe they are thriving? Frogs known to be sensitive to environmental problems, can disappear quickly when something goes sour, I am so glad you have so many KB Baldwin!
Jann Nikka Profile
Jann Nikka answered

Birds Yes.

Crickets NO.

Didge Doo Profile
Didge Doo answered

Our crickets are comparatively quiet. We get 'em, of course, but they're not too noisy in our area. I don't mind a bit.

And it's lovely to hear kookaburras in the morning. I usually wake before they do so they don't disturb my slumber.

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Jann Nikka
Jann Nikka commented
Didge, Crickets are extremely noisy and the never stop making that annoying noise LOL. Unfortunately, I'm force to always kill them😔. I tired puting it outside but....
Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
I don't think we have too many here -- certainly not as many as where I grew up. We have plenty of frogs, though.
PJ Stein Profile
PJ Stein answered

Not a lot of cricket noises where I live but there is a bull frog that is really loud. I really enjoy hearing him. As for the birds... There isn't a lot of smaller happy chirping birds around my house in the morning. However I do live near a rather large lake and it is a winter home for a decent number of Sandhill Cranes. Multiply the sound of the following video by over 100.

 

Virginia Lou Profile
Virginia Lou answered

Dear Roy Roy,

The answer is yes to both of those...and you have just given me an excuse to post one of (to me) Emily Dickinson's mystical and wonderful poems... about crickets in the fall...and just at the (northern hemisphere) autumn season, too!

Further in Summer than the Birds

Pathetic from the Grass

A minor Nation celebrates

Its unobtrusive Mass.


No Ordinance be seen

So gradual the Grace

A pensive Custom it becomes

Enlarging Loneliness.


Antiquest felt at Noon

When August burning low

Arise this spectral Canticle

Repose to typify


Remit as yet no Grace

No Furrow on the Glow

Yet a Druidic Difference

Enhances Nature now.

Danae Hitch Profile
Danae Hitch answered

If I hear a cricket, it's because they have invited their friends over to a party in my basement. Darn things. If my big orange kitty finds one, he pounces on it, and because he's so fluffy, the cricket ends up losing a leg. Then the other kitty will "play" with him until the bitter end.

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