Between Our Steps: Winter Sounds

Contributor Cathy Hird shares the sounds of our natural world, should we step outside and brave the cold to experience it, in this edition of her 'Between Our Steps' column.

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All fall, there have been geese on the river. Sometimes, they called to each other across the water. Sometimes they honked as they flew to forage in a harvested corn field. But with the cold, ice formed on the river. The geese left. The river is silent.

The first year I moved to the shore of Georgian Bay, I learned to my surprise th…