NightSongs: Night sounds on a Kentucky farm

Welcome to the country! This is what a country night sounds like on my farm in southern Kentucky--just the sound of katydids and other night creatures, in total darkness, no street lights, no house lights--nothing. Welcome to my world!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• country
• night
• sound
• Kentucky
• farm
• katydids
• crickets
• frogs

[inatangle]

Really nice of the katydids--I tried to catch ours, but the crickets drown them out in the recording. I love the sounds of katydids...

[Jaggwire]

Thanx! I do, too! It means that the end of summer is near . . . a little sad. Usually we have a tree-frog/cricket vocal competition this time of year. It's soooo dry in South Central Kentucky right now, though.

[WhiteHorseInn]

i just found out, after all these years, that these are katydids, not tree frogs! i love these sounds, reminds me of growing up in kentucky (i'm in southern indiana now). thanks for posting this!

[Jaggwire]

You're right (and welcome)! Tree-frogs make such a high-pitched sound that it would hurt most people's ears . . .

I love the katydids, and the treat this year was the 17-year cicadas and their "Pharaoh" call at all hours of the day.

Hope you had a chance to catch that, too.

Trish Jaggers (aka jaggwire)

[kentuckyhellfire]

Thankyou for this....I really miss this...Oregon just doesn't have this. kP

[Jaggwire]

You're welcome, but don't blame Oregon. Many places in Kentucky no longer have this either. Stay tuned for the sound of rain on a tin roof. Yeah, that is way far beyond the norm. Send me some Oregon sounds. I've never been there . . .

[jennrensel]

I can't wait to hear the summer sounds! Great audio! I'm also in KY.

[Astromchaser]

I love this sound. I start hearing them little by little in late July. By Augst they sing at they're peak. But it also means that summer is comming to an end soon.

[Ophidiophobic75]

I hear this in the suburbs too... not just the country man.

[IndigoCat17]

They are singing to u

[zerodyer]

I've been trying to look up katydid sounds and none of the one's on the internet sound like *my* kind of katydid. I guess they sound different depending on where you live. I guess Southern Indiana and Kentucky katydids sound the same cuz that's what mine sound like. Thanks for posting. :)

[banff43]

Not a Katydid.  It's tree frogs/toads. Wonderful sound.

[nodlon20]

Sounds like Western North Carolina on a summer night! Love it!

[jaymum23]

I agree, New Jersey sounds the same. My dad says the Ozarks have some different bug sounds mixed in that you don't get on the east coast/appalachia so I can't wait to hear them this summer during my visit.

[mooglely]

Can't wait to be in the country again!!

[mubirshu]

Sounds like the Ozarks, too...

[vickeyk]

I wish this could keep playing as I sleep! ty for posting this. brought back memories of my home place in Ky!