A stream borders the edge of the marsh. Nearby, a thick stand of cattails rustles in the late afternoon breeze. Red-winged blackbirds, crows, chickadees, woodpeckers, and of course, seagulls join to create Cape Cod?s springtime chorus. While the oceans on Cape Cod get most of the visitors, the inner shores of marshland make for some of the most interesting hiking and nature watching.

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The broad sands and rolling dunes of Nauset are the picture of the definitive Cape Cod Beach. The historic written passages of the Pilgrims, Thoreau, Champlain, and Henry Beston are all testament to her visual drama. However, her sound is no less characteristic. The dramatic inhale and exhale of the Nauset surf is both the first and last of her striking features. This digital recording of the ocean at Nauset Beach in Orleans is 100% natural, with no added music or synthesized sound. Play it as a relaxing backdrop to your busy work place, while reading a book, while giving or receiving a massage, or present it as a gift to your favorite homesick Cape Codder.

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Harwich?s Red River Beach is famous for its dramatic sunsets, which spread across the full length of the sky over the waters of Nantucket Sound. In the summer fishermen and beach walkers gather and in the dead of winter commuters idle in their cars behind windshields.

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Brewster?s Stony Brook is most known for its dramatic springtime herring ?run.? Ocean dwellers for most of their lives, each April the herring return to the freshwater ponds of their birth to spawn. In winter Stony Brook runs clear over the stones and ladders that lead from Cape Cod Bay to the Mill Pond, but it?s historic grist mill, built in 1751, still makes for a sound-filled and visually-scenic visit. The Stony Brook Museum is housed in the historic structure which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This 63 minute digital recording of the waters of Stony Brook is 100% natural, with no added music or synthesized sound. Play it as a relaxing backdrop to your busy work place, while reading a book, while giving or receiving a massage,or present it as a gift to your favorite homesick Cape Codder. late 1940's. The Stony Brook Museums opened the building to visitors in the late 1960's. It was placed on the National Register Historic Places in 1990.

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To many of us the sound of crickets in September means the arrival of our favorite time of year on Cape Cod. The water is cooling yet remains entirely swimmable. The peak crowds of August are gone but the activities and cultural events continue unabated. The neighborhoods are quiet again of cars and banging screen doors, but are no less lively. With no music or artificial elements, the sound of crickets on this recording begins with a modest chorus and progresses to a full symhpony.

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The crisp post-summer air, the calm outgoing tide, a migrant flock of Canadian geese, the occasional sleepy crow, and a distant gull, all combine to create a restful early evening. The first star alights and the distant roar of the Atlantic can be heard in the distance.

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The evening chorus of frogs, toads, and peepers on Cape Cod is seen not so much as a sign of spring, there hardly is any, but more the welcoming of summer. Windows and sliders are thrown open for the first time, moonlight walks and lawn games take their place in the day, and the vernal ponds are brimming with the rains of April.

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The ocean is glass on a July midnight on Chatham's Hardings Beach. At the water's edge pebbles and shells toss gently together and the salty foam soaks into the sand. The moonlight looks so clear that you could walk on it.

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Experience the Chatham Fish Pier Harbor without the diesel engines or trucks, just the first seagulls of the day, the incoming tide, and the distant rush of the Atlantic.

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No loops, no music, no screaming seagulls here. This digital recording features the Cape Cod ocean at Chatham's Lighthouse Beach in all its pristine wildness. It's perfect for relaxing, sleeping, meditating, or just to take a piece of Cape Cod with you wherever you go.

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