Episode 184: Meadow Katydids & Rolling Thunder
Recorded on July 8, 2026 on the sleeping porch, this is the sound of summer dawn chorus in the pasture. A Meadow Katydid, perhaps an Agile Meadow Katydid, is heard in the foreground, its rapid series of ticks followed by a buzzy trill as blue hour gives way to dawn. As the morning brightens, towering thunderclouds build over the hill country, sending deep rolls of thunder echoing across the hills.
Listeners will hear Summer Tanager, Great Crested Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, House Finch, Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbird, Carolina Wren, Red-shouldered Hawk, Northern Cardinal, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Eastern Wood-Pewee.