[NatureNS] Many Critters but no Whip-poor-will -

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Wow that is great Don - you just added some owl species to the Angevine lis=
t - thanks very much!  Was this Monday night?
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From: mundobirder@hotmail.com
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Many Critters but no Whip-poor-will
Date: Wed=2C 20 Apr 2011 21:35:13 -0200




Was working just outside Tatamagouche on Monday when the emails started com=
ing in about the Lake Angevine Whip-poor-will.  After a stressful day I tho=
ught sitting by the lake at night would be a great way to relax.


I decided to drive over by way of West Annan and East Wentworth and was pas=
sing through West Annan around 7:00 PM. The 12ish km drive between there an=
d highway 4 was absolutely wonderful for me.  I counted 52 Deer of many dif=
ferent ages=2C a Bald Eagle eating from what looked like a deer carcass in =
a field=2C a porcupine crossed the road in front of me and a also a bear. =
=20


I looked around the bridge by the Wentworth Picnic park for Eastern Phoebe =
without success (thankfully) and then made my way to Lake Angevine.  On thi=
s trip I counted another 19 deer.  I drove all the roads around the lake an=
d then decided to wait on the southwest end where there was a marsh on one =
side of the road  and the lake on the north. This was around 8:30pm and jus=
t about full dark.  Immediately I heard a loon on the far side of the lake =
and then the Wood Frogs started croaking. At this point the relaxing took o=
ver and next I knew it was about 9:40.  The frogs had been going steady wit=
h some robins singing in the background and every once in a while the loons=
 would call.  One loon had a strange call not like I'd heard before=2C some=
what faster than normal and a bit higher in pitch. Probably had a big trout=
 stuck in it's throat. Speaking of which there were many fish jumping as we=
ll.  Around 10:00 I heard what I think could only be a Long-eared owl quite=
 close.  At about 10:45 home started to call but I drove up to the other en=
d of the lake (on the southside) to stop and listen to what I could hear up=
 there.  I noticed as the moon came out just about full that all the frogs =
stopped croaking and I didn't hear the loons much either but what I did hea=
r up at this end of the lake way in the distance was a Great-horned owl.


On Folly Mountain on the way home I stopped at what we call the radio tower=
 road to see if I could hear any owls.  I found it was windier up there but=
 I did hear some Coyotes howling (cool but eerie.)   With these and a racco=
on along the road near Debert=2C the skunk I almost walked on in an old bar=
n in Tatamagouche and the Ground Hogs beside the barn it was quite a mammal=
 day for Nova Scotia.


Didn't get a Whip-poor-will (which I have heard at least 3 times before in =
Nova Scotia) this time but I did get to relax.


Don Mac Laughlin
Halifax


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Wow that is great Don - you just added some owl species to the Angevine lis=
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ls started coming in about the Lake Angevine Whip-poor-will. &nbsp=3BAfter =
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<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2>I decided to drive over by way of West Annan and East =
Wentworth and was passing through West Annan around 7:00 PM. The 12ish km d=
rive between there and highway 4 was absolutely wonderful for me. &nbsp=3BI=
 counted 52 Deer of many different ages=2C a Bald Eagle eating from what lo=
oked like a deer&nbsp=3Bcarcass in a field=2C a&nbsp=3Bporcupine crossed th=
e road in front of me and a also a bear. &nbsp=3B</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2>I looked around the bridge by the Wentworth Picnic par=
k for Eastern Phoebe without success (thankfully) and then made my way to L=
ake Angevine. &nbsp=3BOn this trip I counted another 19 deer. &nbsp=3BI dro=
ve all the roads around the lake and then decided to wait on the southwest =
end where there was a marsh on one side of the road&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3Band the =
lake on the north. This was around 8:30pm and just about full dark. &nbsp=
=3BImmediately I heard a loon on the far side of the lake and then the Wood=
 Frogs&nbsp=3Bstarted croaking. At this point the relaxing took over and ne=
xt I knew it was about 9:40. &nbsp=3BThe frogs had been going steady with s=
ome robins singing in the background and every once in a while the loons wo=
uld call. &nbsp=3BOne loon had a strange call not like I'd heard before=2C =
somewhat faster than normal and a bit higher in pitch. Probably had a big t=
rout stuck in it's throat. Speaking of which there were many fish jumping a=
s well. &nbsp=3BAround 10:00 I heard what I think could only be a Long-eare=
d owl quite close. &nbsp=3BAt about 10:45 home started to call but I drove =
up to the other end of the lake (on the southside)&nbsp=3Bto stop and liste=
n to what I could hear up there. &nbsp=3BI noticed as the moon came out jus=
t about full that all the frogs stopped croaking and I didn't hear the loon=
s much either but what I did hear up at this end of the lake way in the dis=
tance was a Great-horned owl.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2>On Folly&nbsp=3BMountain&nbsp=3Bon the way home I stop=
ped at what we call the radio tower road to see if I could hear any owls. &=
nbsp=3BI found it was windier up there but I did hear some Coyotes howling =
(cool but&nbsp=3Beerie.) &nbsp=3B With these and a raccoon along the road n=
ear Debert=2C the skunk I almost walked on in an old barn in Tatamagouche a=
nd the Ground Hogs beside the barn it was quite a mammal day for Nova Scoti=
a.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2>Didn't get a Whip-poor-will (which I have heard at lea=
st 3 times before in Nova Scotia) this time but I did get to relax.</FONT><=
/FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2>Don Mac Laughlin</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2>Halifax</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple=
-style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT><BR><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=
=3D2>This email address is not checked for incoming mail.&nbsp=3B If you ne=
ed to send me a mail please send it to dmbluenoser&nbsp=3B</FONT><BR></FONT=
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