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Thanks to both Nancy and John. Spring Peeper it is/was. Cheers from Jim ---------- From: "Nickerson, Nancy" <NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:44:22 -0500 To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: RE: hermit thrushes in Palmeter Woods, w. Kentville, and amphibian calls - peeper? Thanks. That could be it. I was at the site again this morning and heard a typical Peeper call. - Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Jim Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:46 PM To: Nickerson, Nancy Subject: FW: hermit thrushes in Palmeter Woods, w. Kentville, and amphibian calls - peeper? How does this sound, Nancy? Any help? Jim ---------- From: John Gilhen <GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:39:22 -0400 To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: Re: hermit thrushes in Palmeter Woods, w. Kentville, and amphibian calls - peeper? Hi Jim: In early spring, sometimes, you will hear a lone Northern Spring Peeper vocalizing from under a loose stone or other object near a pond. It is a long drawn out trill-like pee-e-e-e-eep. I usually refer to the call as the voice of a cold peeper. When I was in the field with someone and heard the call I would say "there is a cold one!". The call is shortened to a single repeated peep as spring advances and the peepers warm up. Cheers John >>> Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> 11/14/2006 11:12 AM >>> Thanks, Nancy. Hermit thrushes do linger and can still be present into early winter. Then in spring they "arrive" quite early (March?), so perhaps some can indeed overwinter rarely. Were your "trilling calls" actually series of notes or just intermittent single notes -- if the latter, probably n. spring peepers, which habitually call during fall months and even during winter thaws sometimes -- I know there are records for calling peepers in February (I myself heard one during a rainy thaw at night), and I think now there are even a few January records, too? Usually their autumn peeping comes from dry land and not from the water. I don't know of any records of toads calling in autumn. Cheers from Jim ---------- From: "Nickerson, Nancy" <NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:16:18 -0500 To: jimwolford@eastlink.ca Subject: Palmeter Woods observations Hi Jim: On Saturday morning I had a close encounter with a pair of hermit thrushes in shrubs beside one of the trails. Do hermit thrushes ever spend the winter in our area? On Sunday morning there was an intermittent trilling call coming from ground level in a flooded alder swamp. A toad, maybe? Cheers, Nancy
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