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=3D"_blank">http://swoonfineart.com/index.php/ --Apple-Mail=_A68DB120-B67E-42E5-9916-BF00593D95B4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii For the last number of weeks I've been hearing lots shrieking calls from = the trees along the cliffs above Horton Bluff. It's an annual = experience. The calls are coming from a family of peregrines. Here is a = sample linked to the Cornell Lab collection of bird sounds. These are = similar but some of the shrieks I hear especially from a young one are = even shrieker/shriller. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/sounds Sherman Williams shermwms@eastlink.ca On Jul 21, 2015, at 3:03 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. >=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=_A68DB120-B67E-42E5-9916-BF00593D95B4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">For = the last number of weeks I've been hearing lots shrieking calls from the = trees along the cliffs above Horton Bluff. It's an annual experience. = The calls are coming from a family of peregrines. Here is a sample = linked to the Cornell Lab collection of bird sounds. These are = similar but some of the shrieks I hear especially from a young one are = even shrieker/shriller.<div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/sounds">http:/= /www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/sounds</a><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; border-spacing: 0px; ">Sherman Williams</div><div = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca">shermwms@eastlink.ca</a></div></div><= /div></span></span></div><div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: = 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = font-size: medium; "><br></div></div></span></div></span></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Jul 21, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Nancy Roberts <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca">nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.c= a</a>> wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><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-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><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-size-adjust: auto; -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-size-adjust: auto; = -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></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></ht= ml>= --Apple-Mail=_A68DB120-B67E-42E5-9916-BF00593D95B4--
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