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On 9/18/2017 9:07 AM, Ron Wilson wrote:
> I was thrown off by Peepers calling recently - me searching the trees
> trying to id the bird making the sound - when finally a friend confirmed
> it was Peepers calling from various levels including up in trees.
* a small clique of autumnal herpetologists will assure you that
nonbreeding calling by Frogs is much more interesting than Birds - we
know lots about birds, but for fall calling all we know is that it occurs.
fred.
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> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:24 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com
> <mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Lots of isolated Peepers calling here at night. I often think they
> are birds before clueing in. - Nancy E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
> On Sep 18, 2017, at 8:25 AM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com
> <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Maybe thrushes communicating? Sincerely, James
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>> *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca on behalf of James Hirtle
>> <jrhbirder@hotmail.com <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com>>
>> *Sent:* September 18, 2017 2:48 AM
>> *To:* Naturens Naturens
>> *Subject:* [NatureNS] Mystery Birds
>>
>> It is now 23:40 as I write this. I was just outside in the yard
>> and could hear a weeert type of noise. Something like the diving
>> of a bird maybe. This was followed by a whistle type noise from a
>> bird. Off to the right there was a corresponding whistle type
>> call. I would hear the diving noise again and then a whistle type
>> call and a responding call from further away. There then would be
>> a response from a third bird. This sequence of events kept
>> occuring with sometimes the whistle sounding far away and other
>> times very close to me. Do common nighthawks have a whistle type
>> bird call? I've heard their call, but this is the only thing I can
>> think of that might be making this type of noise. I know the
>> penting call of the American woodcock so it defintely was not
>> that. I'm baffled as this is the first time I've heard this on
>> the basis of all of the night calls that I've listened to in
>> respects to birds. - James R. Hirtle - LaHave
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