[NatureNS] woodcock and twittering?

Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:58:44 -0300
From: "Jeannie Shermerhorn,Cape George,Richmond County"
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Wow! This is great. Definitely a woodcock. Thanks so much James.
Jeannie Shermerhorn



---- James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> wrote: 
> hi Jeannie,
> Check out Dendroica online:
> 
> Here is a link to both of the sounds you might have heard:
> http://www.natureinstruct.org/dendroica/spec.php/Dendroica+Canada
> 
> and here is a link to the main page:
> http://www.natureinstruct.org/dendroica/
> 
> or just google "dendroica".
> 
> cheers,
> James.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Jeannie Shermerhorn,Cape George,Richmond
> County <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> > The only sounds I can find on the web for the woodcock is the nasally beep
> > call. Guess I'll have to grab a flashlight and do a little search if I hear
> > it tonight.
> > Thank you, Fred.
> > Jeannie Shermerhorn
> >
> >
> >
> > ---- Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote:
> > > On 4/13/2014 4:51 AM, Jeannie Shermerhorn,Cape George,Richmond County
> > wrote:
> > > > 5:30AM, I went out to top off my bird feeders, when I stepped out I
> > heard this loud nasally beep so I whipped around and grabbed the flashlight
> > and camera. Got as far as the bottom step and startled a woodcock. However,
> > I could still hear twittering sounds coming from the edge of the woods.
> > Would that also be a woodcock? Or would it maybe be a snipe? I know it
> > wasn't the same woodcock, as it flew in the opposite direction.
> > >
> > > * Woodcock twitter, Snipe "winnow" with a woo-woo-woo sound that occurs
> > > in bursts rather than continuously. I'm sure there's recordings online
> > > you could listen to to learn the difference.
> > >
> > > fred.
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > >           Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
> > > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
> > > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
> > >           RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
> > >    on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
> > >     (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
> > > The 2014 Bishops Mills Calendar Festival:
> > > Fred:
> > >
> > http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-fred-calendar-for-2014.html
> > > - data input
> > > Aleta: http://www.lulu.com/content/14204755 - paintings
> > > Jennifer:
> > > http://www.zazzle.com/free_range_wall_calendar-158319768903951661  -
> > > free ranging livestock
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> James Churchill
> Kentville, Nova Scotia
> jameslchurchill@gmail.com
> (902) 681-2374

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