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Index of Subjects <html><div style='background-color:'><P>Hello Jean et al.</P> <P> Last week I heard what I presumed was an American toad (<EM>Bufo americanus</EM>) trilling in my garden in the evening. It was weaker than in the spring, but essentially the same call. Temperature was mild (~18 degrees) and the crickets were singing actively as well. I did not realize that it was especially unusual, and neglected to record the date, but I think it was about 31 August.</P> <P>Cheers,<BR></P> <P>Wayne Neily <BR>Tremont, Nova Scotia <BR><BR>"Come forth into the light of things, <BR>Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth, 1798. <BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"> <HR color=#a0c6e5 SIZE=1> From: <I>"Jean Timpa" <jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</I><BR>To: <I>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</I><BR>Subject: <I>[NatureNS] trilling toad??</I><BR>Date: <I>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:08:12 -0300</I><BR><BR>I just stepped onto my side porch for a breath of evening air (warmish, still and<BR>moist, but a poor show from "Ernesto" with hardly any precipitation) and immediately heard<BR>not far away the very rapid trilling of what I believe is a toad. It certainly sounds like what I<BR>hear in the spring, but Jim Wolford tries to tell me that toads don't trill this time of year.<BR>Well, they shouldn't, but some birds sing now, and it is thought by some naturalists that<BR>these things happen, because the light intensity and duration and temperatures now are<BR>about the same as late spring, creating a bit of confusing among some creatures!! I hear<BR>this same trilling in the fall in Bear River and out on the dykes here in Wolfville, but this is a<BR>first for my yard. It is certainly not the crickets, because they are doing their crickety-crick<BR>noises in the background as well. The mysterious creature has a bit of a lower voice and a<BR>very controlled rapid, continuous sound. It is not raspy like a katydid, either. Every once in<BR>awhile this songster stops, takes a breath and starts up again within a minute or so.<BR>Andrew? Chris? Any ideas as to what I may be hearing out here? I still think it is a toad. It<BR>is not a spring peeper, either, as it is not shrill enough. John Gilhen's book does not seem to<BR>discuss calls or calling times. After all a frog or toad call is pretty difficult to describe<BR>accurately in human words!! ;-> JET<BR></FONT></P></div><br clear=all><hr>Get MSN Messenger on your cell phone.</html>
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