Blog #2 What I hear

I decided to walk in the neighborhood of Forest Hills in Queens. Depending on what part of the neighborhood you are in there are different sounds you will hear. Forest Hills has a private community and although I'm technically not allowed to enter it (only residents are allowed to walk in and out) I did anyway because this area is completely isolated. Of all the times I walked in this area only on rare occasions have I seen people. The sounds I heard while in this area are mainly those of birds as they chirped away on the trees. I heard their wings flapping as the flew off the ground and into the air. I also hear the wind as it violently pushed the branches on all of the trees. On certain occasions cars drive past me and so I heard the rumbling of their engine. I did see a women on this occasion walking her dog. I heard the dogs footsteps as it walked on the pavement along with the clacking of the woman's high heels. When I left the private community however the noises changed entirely. There are far more cars outside of the community therefore I heard more then just the engine. I heard cars honking and screeching as they stopped abruptly in the middle of the street. I heard the chattering of many people although I couldn't make out a single word of it. When I entered the shopping area of Forest Hills located in Austin Street, I heard the bells of many stores as people entered and exited them. The distinguishable chattering of people continued. I heard the crying of a child a single time. I heard the laughing and insults of the adolescents in the area far more. When I walked past GameStop I heard gun shots coming form the video games. Overall, in the beginning of my walk I heard mostly sounds of nature. As my walk continued, I heard more manufactured sounds.