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There are many "keynote" sounds around. First there is the wind that howls because of the weather.  the wind tends to be the background noise. Then, to clash with the winter wind, there are spring birds that chirp. This chirping would be another "keynote" sound.  Some "soundmarks" would be the trains arriving and leaving the train station.  The train whistles loudly.The train gate "dings" before the train arrives.The trains make a sound when then slow down, a "ding" before the doors open, and then a humming while the doors open. Then that repeats when the doors close. Then another "soundmark" is the sound of traffic. After the train leaves the gates go up and the cars cross over the train tracks.  Then there are sounds of bigger vehicles such as trucks.  The trucks rattle as they cross over the train tracks. There are other sounds such a kids yelling. Then there are construction sounds. These sounds consist of hammers, drills, men slamming cars doors and throwing debris on piles outside. Then there are sounds such as crunching on the ground because there is debris everywhere. There are also some gravel that is on the ground that makes noise. Other than that, there really are not a lot of sounds. If the weather was warmer there could be more sounds, but during the day, since it is could, not many people venture outside hence the noise level is minimal. The wind is the sound that drowns out many of the smaller sounds, such as grass.