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Natural State

Listen to the sound of the Sierra Valley

Iron Bridge walk, Sierra Valley
Mark Hogan
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Iron Bridge walk, Sierra Valley

Just north of Truckee is this large bowl of a valley where water draining from the surrounding mountains creates a high elevation wetland. You can hear birds here — like this marsh wren and blackbirds — that you also hear down at the San Francisco Bay.

This was recorded by Bernie Krause of Wild Sanctuary.

Natural State