[NatureNS] shrieking in treetops

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I'll try harder to get a look and report back if I see anything.

Nancy

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On 21-Jul-15, at 8:47 PM, Richard Stern wrote:

> Merlins would be my vote too.
>
> Richard
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Nancy Roberts <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca 
> > wrote:
> Thank you Ron Arsenault and Jim Wolford for your suggestions about  
> the osprey-like shrieks.
>
> Bernard Burke, who lives not too far from me, has heard the same and  
> on one occasion saw that the source of sound was blue jay(s).
>
> The only time I saw a bird that COULD have been associated with the  
> noise, it was also a blue jay.
>
> We have had no sign or ravens or merlins in the immediate vicinity,  
> so I am now hypothesizing blue jays.
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy Roberts Design
> Celebrating 23 years of making you look GOOD
>
> See my ceramic sculpture at  http://swoonfineart.com/index.php/home/artists/nancy_roberts/
>
> Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6
> 902 461-9488
>
>
>
> On 21-Jul-15, at 4:02 PM, Ronald Arsenault wrote:
>
>> Merlins?
>>
>> On Jul 21, 2015 3:08 PM, "Nancy Roberts" <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca 
>> > wrote:
>> I have been hearing this all summer, many days each week. The  
>> closest thing I know to it is when ospreys are calling to each  
>> other while wheeling high up.
>>
>> The sounds I have been hearing, first thought to be ospreys, are  
>> definitely coming from dense treetops. I look hard, but don't see  
>> movement or flight in or out.
>>
>> The cries and their rhythm are similar to ospreys', but a little  
>> more closely spaced and a little less bell-like.
>>
>> Rather loud for young calling to their parents unless they are  
>> large birds.
>>
>> Any clues from this vague description? Could it be raccoons?
>>
>> Neighbourhood is central Dartmouth near Sullivan's pond.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6
>> 902 461-1986
>>
>>
>>
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