[NatureNS] shrieking in treetops

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Merlins would be my vote too.

Richard

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Nancy Roberts <
nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Thank you Ron Arsenault and Jim Wolford for your suggestions about the
> osprey-like shrieks.
>
> Bernard Burke, who lives not too far from me, has heard the same and on
> one occasion saw that the source of sound was blue jay(s).
>
> The only time I saw a bird that COULD have been associated with the noise,
> it was also a blue jay.
>
> We have had no sign or ravens or merlins in the immediate vicinity, so I
> am now hypothesizing blue jays.
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Nancy
>
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>
> On 21-Jul-15, at 4:02 PM, Ronald Arsenault wrote:
>
> Merlins?
> On Jul 21, 2015 3:08 PM, "Nancy Roberts" <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> The cries and their rhythm are similar to ospreys', but a little more
>> closely spaced and a little less bell-like.
>>
>> Rather loud for young calling to their parents unless they are large
>> birds.
>>
>> Any clues from this vague description? Could it be raccoons?
>>
>> Neighbourhood is central Dartmouth near Sullivan's pond.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6
>> 902 461-1986
>>
>>
>>
>>
>


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le=3D"word-wrap:break-word">Thank you Ron Arsenault and Jim Wolford for you=
r suggestions about the osprey-like shrieks.<div><br></div><div>Bernard Bur=
ke, who lives not too far from me, has heard the same and on one occasion s=
aw that the source of sound was blue jay(s).</div><div><br></div><div>The o=
nly time I saw a bird that COULD have been associated with the noise, it wa=
s also a blue jay.</div><div><br></div><div>We have had no sign or ravens o=
r merlins in the immediate vicinity, so I am now hypothesizing blue jays.</=
div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to all,</div><div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><d=
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