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Index of Subjects --047d7bfd022aeaf60704f80c8503 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, Are you sure they weren't frogs? They can make a terrific racket, and if the sound was distorted by the rushing water it could certainly sound like a high pitched pervasive chorus. Richard On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot < desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: > We took a hike along the trail this morning. It's still quite wet but as > always, stunning. About 1.8k west of the White Rock bridge I noticed a > high pitched, pervasive chorus above me that seemed to come from everywhere > and nowhere. The river takes a sharp north hook here and the opposite bank > climbs sharply - about 75 degrees - to the escarpment 50 metres above. For > about 80 metres along that side this bank is heavily wooded with mature > conifers - mostly Hemlocks, with some Pines etc. Numerous trees were > thickly covered in cones, and the high heavy canopy was flooded with small > very active birds. The visual conditions were poor - I was in the gloom of > the floodplain and they were in the high canopy across the river against > the bright sky - but I was able to identify American Goldfinch, Northern > Chickadee, and Juncos. But it was the volume and density of the noise that > struck me, even over the running water. By visual count I'd say 500 birds > in the 80mx50m area, but I believe based on the racket there were > thousands. It was stunning. > > -- > Jamie Simpson > Hantsport, NS > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --047d7bfd022aeaf60704f80c8503 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>Are you sure they weren't f= rogs? They can make a terrific racket, and if the sound was distorted by th= e rushing water it could certainly sound like a high pitched pervasive chor= us.<br> <br></div>Richard<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail= _quote">On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot <span dir=3D"l= tr"><<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">desola= techair@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">We took a hike along the tr= ail this morning. =C2=A0It's still quite wet but as always, stunning. = =C2=A0About 1.8k west of the White Rock bridge I noticed a high pitched, pe= rvasive chorus above me that seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere. = =C2=A0The river takes a sharp north hook here and the opposite bank climbs = sharply - about 75 degrees - to the escarpment 50 metres above. =C2=A0For a= bout 80 metres along that side this bank is heavily wooded with mature coni= fers - mostly Hemlocks, with some Pines etc. =C2=A0Numerous trees were thic= kly covered in cones, and the high heavy canopy was flooded with small very= active birds. =C2=A0The visual conditions were poor - I was in the gloom o= f the floodplain and they were in the high canopy across the river against = the bright sky - but I was able to identify American Goldfinch, Northern Ch= ickadee, and Juncos. =C2=A0But it was the volume and density of the noise t= hat struck me, even over the running water. =C2=A0By visual count I'd s= ay 500 birds in the 80mx50m area, but I believe based on the racket there w= ere thousands. =C2=A0It was stunning.<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"= #888888"><br clear=3D"all"> <div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantspor= t, NS<br></div> </font></span></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Ri= chard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichar= d@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>##############= ##### </div></div> --047d7bfd022aeaf60704f80c8503--
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