This was recorded on a clear and cool winter day while I paddled a canoe on Lake McCloud in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. The sun was shining brightly as I paddled along, with a light breeze occasionally rippling the otherwise calm surface of the lake. Lake McCloud is not a natural lake but a reservoir built on the McCloud River, and at the time I recorded this the water was very low. As I paddled up to to where the river entered the lake the water became so shallow that I was pushing along the lake bottom with my canoe paddle, and in a few very shallow spots the canoe rubbed the lake bottom.  Follow the podcast on Facebook and Instagram, just search @soundbynaturepodcast Please donate: https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/