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--Apple-Mail-0DC8C780-E41C-4142-853E-B347F525843E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lots of isolated Peepers calling here at night. I often think they are birds= before clueing in.=20 Nancy E Dalhousie, Kings Co.=20 Sent from my iPad > On Sep 18, 2017, at 8:25 AM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Maybe thrushes communicating? =20 >=20 >=20 > Sincerely, >=20 >=20 > James >=20 >=20 >=20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beh= alf of James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> > Sent: September 18, 2017 2:48 AM > To: Naturens Naturens > Subject: [NatureNS] Mystery Birds > =20 > It is now 23:40 as I write this. I was just outside in the yard and could= hear a weeert type of noise. Something like the diving of a bird maybe. T= his was followed by a whistle type noise from a bird. Off to the right ther= e was a corresponding whistle type call. I would hear the diving noise agai= n and then a whistle type call and a responding call from further away. The= re then would be a response from a third bird. This sequence of events kept= occuring with sometimes the whistle sounding far away and other times very c= lose to me. Do common nighthawks have a whistle type bird call? I've heard t= heir call, but this is the only thing I can think of that might be making th= is type of noise. I know the penting call of the American woodcock so it de= fintely was not that. I'm baffled as this is the first time I've heard this= on the basis of all of the night calls that I've listened to in respects to= birds. =20 >=20 >=20 > James R. Hirtle >=20 > LaHave --Apple-Mail-0DC8C780-E41C-4142-853E-B347F525843E Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Lots of isolated Peepers calling here at night. I often think they are birds before clueing in. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Nancy</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">E Dalhousie, Kings Co. <br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 18, 2017, at 8:25 AM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:24pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"> <p>Maybe thrushes communicating? </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p><br> </p> <p>James</p> <br> <br> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on behalf of James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> September 18, 2017 2:48 AM<br> <b>To:</b> Naturens Naturens<br> <b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Mystery Birds</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:24pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>It is now 23:40 as I write this. I was just outside in the yard and could hear a weeert type of noise. Something like the diving of a bird maybe. This was followed by a whistle type noise from a bird. Off to the right there was a corresponding whistle type call. I would hear the diving noise again and then a whistle type call and a responding call from further away. There then would be a response from a third bird. This sequence of events kept occuring with sometimes the whistle sounding far away and other times very close to me. Do common nighthawks have a whistle type bird call? I've heard their call, but this is the only thing I can think of that might be making this type of noise. I know the penting call of the American woodcock so it defintely was not that. I'm baffled as this is the first time I've heard this on the basis of all of the night calls that I've listened to in respects to birds. </p> <p><br> </p> <p>James R. Hirtle</p> <p>LaHave</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></blockquote></body></html> --Apple-Mail-0DC8C780-E41C-4142-853E-B347F525843E--
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