The Final Sound: Rush Hour Traffic

When I reached the intersection of Duplainville Rd. and Lisbon Rd. I spun my arrow to determine my direction. West again! I took a left and headed down Lisbon Rd. It was rush hour on this street! Cars and trucks were zooming by, their drivers eager to return home at the end of a busy Tuesday. It was about at this point that I decided I was getting awfully cold, and started the journey back to the car.

Listen to the cars!

Here is a map of the site:


There was a really interesting intersection where the railroad crossed Lisbon Rd. Here's a photograph:

Fifth Sound: Airplane Overhead

I continued to head north down Duplainville Rd., but it seemed like the further I walked the less new interesting sounds there were. Eventually I started to hear a familiar drone. I remember that while I was driving I had passed a small airport which seemed to accommodate to kinds of small airplanes that can only hold two or three people. When I heard this sound I looked up at the sky to find the source, but couldn't spot it. I like to imagine that it was one of the planes from the airport I passed.

Look up in the sky! It's a plane.

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The rocks under my feet made a great sound while I walked. Here's a photo of the train track:

Fourth Sound: The Noisy Truck

There was a lot of industrial traffic on Duplainville Rd. One semi-truck in particular was carrying a very large load on a huge flatbed covered by a tarp. Something must not have been fastened down all the way because the truck made quite a lot of racket as it barreled down the street.

Click here to hear.

This is a map of the site:


Here is a photograph of the view down Duplainville Rd. from the railroad track:

Bonus Sound!

My boyfriend joined me on my walk so that he could get some pictures taken. Most of the time he wandered about on his own, but at one point he took a picture of me from about twenty feet away while I was siting on the edge of the track listening through my headphones. Because I was listening to what was being picked up by my microphone, I actually heard and recorded the sound of the shutter. It's neat to be able to hear something that my human ears would normally never pick up.

Listen!

This is the photograph that corresponds to the EXACT moment of that sound clip:

Third Sound: Dump Truck Backing Up

I continued to walk North along the tracks, and stopped to capture the general sounds of the area. I began to realize that if I sat on the edge of the track, i could put my microphone heads on the ground to either side of me. The shelter of the metal rail surrounding the microphone helped to block the wind. There was construction on the west side of Duplainville Rd. and many bulldozers and dump trucks were moving earth into great piles. The trucks made quite a bit of commotion, especially when they backed up to dump out the gravel and dirt.

Listen to the truck backing up.

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This is a photograph of my view (zoomed in) of the construction site from the railroad track:

Second Sound: The Mystery Chirping!

After I sat by the intersection for a while I noticed a sound coming from the bushes off to my left. I walked closer to the noise and knelt down in the snow by a fence. There was some kind of creature hiding in there! Although I never caught a glimpse of it, it made a delightful kind of warble sound. Maybe someone reading this will be able to help me identify it! There was a lot of traffic and construction in area which can be heard in the background.

Listen to it here.

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This is a photograph of the fence. Somehow that sign wasn't very intimidating:

The First Sound: Cars Driving Over the Tracks

I immediately began to notice the interesting sounds around me. I walked west towards Duplainville Rd., and the first sound that caught my attention was the sound made by cars driving over the railroad tracks. I sat down between two of the tracks, held my microphones out to either side of me, and waited....

When a car finally came, this is what I heard.

This is my map of the site:


Here is a photograph from this location. It shows the east-facing view down Werey Rd. You can see my car parked on the south side of the street: