Sound Walk

On my sound walk today I discovered how hard it really is to pinpoint many different sounds at one time. And I also found out how hard it really is to write and walk at the same time!
Most of the time it seemed quite with a few subtle background noises, but after listening and getting in tune with my surroundings I noticed a vast diversity of sounds that we often take for granted.

Being a car guy, the first and last thing that catches my attention is the different sounds cars make. From the dull stock sound to a modified exhaust, squeaky brakes especially get on my nerves.
At first it was only the close sounds I could detect: the leaves crunching under my feet, the wind blowing through the trees, people and things around me. But slowly I started to notice distant chirps from birds often drowned out by the city; the planes flying over head.
One of the hardest things about my walk was finding a place where the city didn't drown out the natural ambience of everything but even then my own breathing and moving seemed to overtake my sense of sound. It took a lot of concentration to really listen past my own self and hear what was happening around me.