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/td><td class=3D"link-enhancr-element" rowspan=3D"5" width=3D"1" On 2/24/2016 12:20 PM, Carmel Smith wrote: > It could be a Northern Saw-Whet Owl. They have an even, repetitive call, > which some compared to the sharpening of a metal saw, hence how they got > their name * and once featured, years ago, on As It Happens, from a woods in Oregon - where the Owl was taken for a space alien, and the woods were surrounded by armed police and press corps. fred. ====================================================== > On Monday, February 22, 2016 10:19 PM, Ian Manning > <ianmanning4@gmail.com> wrote: > > > While out for a run this evening (Feb 22 2016), ~1730 PM, I heard a > repetitive peeping sound near a farm on Highway 362, just south of where > the road changes to Gate's Mountain Road, Middleton, Annapolis County. > > I stopped for a minute, the sound and habitat looked good for spring > peepers. I include the question mark, simply because the sound seemed > too regular, maybe piece of debris rubbing on another in the wind that > just happened to sound remarkably like a peeper. Later in the evening, I > swung by the same area after picking up a friend from work ~ 1820. The > wind was still blowing, but couldn't hear the sound anymore. > > Might be worthwhile to keep your ears open while out walking, especially > if this weeks forecast holds true. Has anyone encountered > calling-peepers in 2016? > > IM > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------
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