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I have noticed in the past that they start to call when the peepers do - do=
they eat peepers ...?
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From: randy.lauff@gmail.com
Date: Mon=2C 18 Apr 2011 11:16:03 -0300
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Whip poor will =2C peepers at my fen Angevine Lake
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
I have never heard nor seen a Whip-poor-will.
I would have guessed that arriving now would be quite early for most aerial=
insectivores...we're just getting in the first Tree Swallow reports=2C are=
n't we (I confess to not keeping up with all the sightings)? And Tree Swall=
ows can eat bayberry fruit (perhaps other stuff as well as air-borne insect=
s?).
Tufts (on line http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0222.htm) says=
the earliest record is of May 4th=3B I understand that Tufts is outdated..=
.but a 2.5 week advance of the earliest record seems odd.
If the bird is described as resident=2C I'm assuming that means it has been=
there last year as well=2C perhaps longer? It's a shame it's not documente=
d on the Atlas.
I'm sure that the tone of my email strikes folks as skeptical. On the one h=
and=2C the call of the Whip-poor-will is rather distinctive=2C but the bird=
's rarity and normal date of arrival makes this Cumberland bird sighting ou=
t of line with what I know. And what I know of this species isn't much.
Any more details on this bird or the previous resident birds of Angevine La=
ke?
Thanks=2C
Randy_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County=2C NS.
On 18 April 2011 10:23=2C Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> wrote:
Was woken at 2:30 a.m. by our resident Whip poor will. Peepers also tuning=
up for the first time last night.
Angevine Lake=2C Cumberland County
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I have noticed in the past that they =3Bstart to call when the peepers&=
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From: randy.lauff@gmail.com<BR>Date: Mon=2C 18 Apr 2011 11:16:03 -0300<BR>S=
ubject: Re: [NatureNS] Whip poor will =2C peepers at my fen Angevine Lake<B=
R>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><BR>
<DIV>I have never heard nor seen a Whip-poor-will.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I would have guessed that arriving now would be quite early for most a=
erial insectivores...we're just getting in the first Tree Swallow reports=
=2C aren't we (I confess to not keeping up with all the sightings)? And Tre=
e Swallows can eat bayberry fruit (perhaps other stuff as well as air-borne=
insects?).</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Tufts (on line =3B<A href=3D"http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/ns=
birds/bns0222.htm" target=3D_blank>http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbir=
ds/bns0222.htm</A>) says the earliest record is of May 4th=3B I understand =
that Tufts is outdated...but a 2.5 week advance of the earliest record seem=
s odd.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>If the bird is described as resident=2C I'm assuming that means it has=
been there last year as well=2C perhaps longer? It's a shame it's not docu=
mented on the Atlas.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I'm sure that the tone of my email strikes folks as skeptical. On the =
one hand=2C the call of the Whip-poor-will is rather distinctive=2C but the=
bird's rarity and normal date of arrival makes this Cumberland bird sighti=
ng out of line with what I know. And what I know of this species isn't much=
.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Any more details on this bird or the previous resident birds of Angevi=
ne Lake?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks=2C</DIV>
<DIV>Randy<BR clear=3Dall>_________________________________<BR>RF Lauff<BR>=
Way in the boonies of<BR>Antigonish County=2C NS.<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=3Decxgmail_quote>On 18 April 2011 10:23=2C Mary Macaulay <SPAN d=
ir=3Dltr><=3B<A href=3D"mailto:marymacaulay@hotmail.com">marymacaulay@hot=
mail.com</A>>=3B</SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid=3B PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" clas=
s=3Decxgmail_quote>
<DIV>Was woken at 2:30 a.m. by our resident Whip poor will. =3B Peepers=
also tuning up for the first time last night.<BR>Angevine Lake=2C Cumberla=
nd County<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV> </body>
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