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--Apple-Mail=_0048A1B3-B7AB-4EFF-A03D-0D9730741A9E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 What about fledged but still dependent young ravens, which call = incessantly all day long? Seasonally the early broods start yelling in = mid-May. It=92s late in the season for this now, but we are still = hearing them every day in east Wolfville and nw. Grand Pre. Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Nancy Roberts <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] shrieking in treetops > Date: July 21, 2015 at 3:03:27 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > I have been hearing this all summer, many days each week. The closest = thing I know to it is when ospreys are calling to each other while = wheeling high up. >=20 > The sounds I have been hearing, first thought to be ospreys, are = definitely coming from dense treetops. I look hard, but don't see = movement or flight in or out. >=20 > The cries and their rhythm are similar to ospreys', but a little more = closely spaced and a little less bell-like.=20 >=20 > Rather loud for young calling to their parents unless they are large = birds. >=20 > Any clues from this vague description? Could it be raccoons? >=20 > Neighbourhood is central Dartmouth near Sullivan's pond. >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Nancy >=20 > Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 > 902 461-1986 >=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_0048A1B3-B7AB-4EFF-A03D-0D9730741A9E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">What = about fledged but still dependent young ravens, which call incessantly = all day long? Seasonally the early broods start yelling in = mid-May. It=92s late in the season for this now, but we are still = hearing them every day in east Wolfville and nw. Grand Pre. Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nancy Roberts <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca">nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.c= a</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[NatureNS] = shrieking in treetops</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">July 21, 2015 at = 3:03:27 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I = have been hearing this all summer, many days each week. The closest = thing I know to it is when ospreys are calling to each other while = wheeling high up.<div><br></div><div>The sounds I have been hearing, = first thought to be ospreys, are definitely coming from dense treetops. = I look hard, but don't see movement or flight in or = out.</div><div><br></div><div>The cries and their rhythm are similar to = ospreys', but a little more closely spaced and a little less = bell-like. </div><div><br></div><div>Rather loud for young calling = to their parents unless they are large = birds.</div><div><br></div><div>Any clues from this vague description? = Could it be raccoons?</div><div><br></div><div>Neighbourhood is central = Dartmouth near Sullivan's = pond.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Nancy</div= ><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: inherit;"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; = widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6</div><div = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">902 461-1986</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_0048A1B3-B7AB-4EFF-A03D-0D9730741A9E--
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