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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_7711_14157281.1178115545682 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, While Liz was cleaning out the small pond in our yard yesterday, the dog discovered a large American Toad close by. We were a bit surprised that one should be around at this time of year. Richard On 5/2/07, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > Andy and Andy et al., I would agree to American Toad if the trill is > high-pitched and fast (speed is temperature-dependent) and held out for > periods of several seconds at a time. The long pauses between calls also > fits the toad. The only other N.S. amphibian with a trill is the Pickerel > Frog, but its call is old held out for a short time and then repeated after > a substantial lull. Cheers from Jim > ---------- > *From: *Andy Dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca> > *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Date: *Tue, 01 May 2007 21:04:44 -0300 > *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject: *Re: [NatureNS] Frog question > > I would suggest it is a toad. > Andy > > Andy & Lelia Dean > 86 Baden Powell Drive > Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5 > Tel: [902] 678-6243 > > aadean@ns.sympatico.ca > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan <mailto:andyandchris@ns.sympatico.ca> > *To:* NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:31 PM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Frog question > > Amongst the many voices of Spring peepers at our pond, there is one call > that sound very different. It's more like a trill, with frequent pauses > lasting several seconds in between. I've listened to a number of frog calls > on the internet, but so far none sound like what I'm hearing from our pond. > Any suggestions as to what I should look for? > Thanks, > Andy Moir > Freeport, Long Island, Digby County > > > > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_7711_14157281.1178115545682 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hi,</div> <div> </div> <div>While Liz was cleaning out the small pond in our yard yesterday, the dog discovered a large American Toad close by. We were a bit surprised that one should be around at this time of year.</div> <div> </div> <div>Richard<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Wolford</b> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>Andy and Andy et al., I would agree to American Toad if the trill is high-pitched and fast (speed is temperature-dependent) and held out for periods of several seconds at a time. The long pauses between calls also fits the toad. The only other N.S. amphibian with a trill is the Pickerel Frog, but its call is old held out for a short time and then repeated after a substantial lull. Cheers from Jim<br>----------<br><b>From: </b>Andy Dean <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca" target="_blank"> aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</a>><br><b>Reply-To: </b>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Date: </b>Tue, 01 May 2007 21:04:44 -0300 <br><b>To: </b>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [NatureNS] Frog question<br><br><font size="2"> <font face="Arial">I would suggest it is a toad.<br>Andy<br></font></font><br><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Andy & Lelia Dean<br>86 Baden Powell Drive<br>Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5<br>Tel: [902] 678-6243<br></font> </font><br><font size="2"><font face="Arial">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca<br></font></font> <blockquote>----- Original Message ----- <br><b>From:</b> Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan <mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:andyandchris@ns.sympatico.ca" target="_blank">andyandchris@ns.sympatico.ca </a>> <br><b>To:</b> NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:31 PM<br><b>Subject: </b> [NatureNS] Frog question<br><br><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Amongst the many voices of Spring peepers at our pond, there is one call that sound very different. It's more like a trill, with frequent pauses lasting several seconds in between. I've listened to a number of frog calls on the internet, but so far none sound like what I'm hearing from our pond. Any suggestions as to what I should look for? <br>Thanks,<br>Andy Moir<br>Freeport, Long Island, Digby County<br></font></font></blockquote><br> </div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br> Kentville, NS<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams<br>B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca<br><a href="mailto:rbstern@xcountry.tv">rbstern@xcountry.tv </a><br>sternrichard@gmail.com<br>################### ------=_Part_7711_14157281.1178115545682--
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