John Wayne Rosso
Collector and Appreciator of Fine Things
Plaquemine, La.
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The Dumps Along the Mississippi River
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But every now and then you will hear a crow. They'll will come by and a crow'll do...
(crow call).
I usually do a better impression of them, but it is early in the morning. Then you'll hear
mockingbirds, which they'll do...
(mockingbird call).
That's usually a mocking bird sound. Then you hear a blackbird. They'll go...
(blackbird call).
That is how I think a red-winged blackbird goes. And
then every now and then you hear a duck.
They will fly along the shore or be coming down the
river, late in the evening and they'll be doing sort of a...
I think it's what they call a feed call, if I
can get it pretty good. Let's see...
(duck call).
That's kind of bad. Hold on...
(duck call).
Okay that is a duck. That is enough of nature calls.
I know quite a few but that's not what this tape is all about.
People who are interested in nature and who would like to get out and look at the River, watch
the ships passing and hear the sound of the water hitting the bank and just smell the green off the
cane reeds and willow trees and elm trees and they got some wild pecan trees. It is just a variety
of things you can do back here and really enjoy it and get a lot of contentment out of without
hurting anybody else. Such a sense of freedom, I can't explain, you know. Thank you.
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