Sunday, March 26, 2017

how noisy was it?

This morning, as I was eating breakfast I was entertained by the sounds of ducks quacking (this is new) as well as the usual geese honking and birds chirping. It was all very happy and busy but it makes me wonder. What was it like around here 200 years ago? I've heard it said that some parts of Indiana were so heavily forested when we became a state that you could walk all the way across the state touching trees the whole way. This might be an exaggeration, but not by much I bet. As I look out over the ten mile view I can see from my balcony I am really amazed by the number of trees. It's easy to believe that this was a heavily forested area and that brings me back to my original question. How noisy must it have been in the early mornings? I can't imagine any one needing a rooster. Imagine the chirps, quacks and honks multiplied by a thousand. It must have been amazing.

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