Loud Pinecones

Picture of the Day for 5/3/2015. It's pinecone season and since I have a large pine tree in my front/side yard, that means the pinecones are falling from the tree almost nonstop. For such lightweight objects, they make a huge racket when they fall- to the point it sounds like there are intruders in my yard. Scares me every single time I'm coming home late after dark.