Generally I find noise very distracting. That's almost anything people-related, including music. I can't think or work in a noisy environment. But nature sounds never seem loud, except that cardinal that sits outside my bedroom window and starts calling at 5 AM. It's a nice alarm clock, though. Bird songs, frog chants, coyote howls, insects buzzing, all are calming to me (unless it's mosquitos, which are definitely not calming!)
Generally I find noise very distracting. That's almost anything people-related, including music. I can't think or work in a noisy environment. But nature sounds never seem loud, except that cardinal that sits outside my bedroom window and starts calling at 5 AM. It's a nice alarm clock, though. Bird songs, frog chants, coyote howls, insects buzzing, all are calming to me (unless it's mosquitos, which are definitely not calming!)