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Hi Fred and all:
I was thinking that it could have been thrushes that I was hearing making t=
he whisling noises. These calls were moving and not set in one spot. Anyh=
ow, Ken McKenna sent me the whistling calls of hermit thrushes. That part =
of the mystery is solved as it is exact to what I was hearing. It sounded =
like they were communicating with one another. Some appeared to be making =
the call from ground level and others from the air. I expect they were set=
tling into the woods behind the house for the night until the heavy fog lif=
ted and the rain was over. This is the first time I've heard this in LaHav=
e, so definitely a group of thrushes on the move. The other call is still =
a mystery. It reminded me of the hunting call of one of the owls, but did =
not quite match it. When the call was made it really set the hermit thrush=
es off. This morning there were lots of birds about. I did not want to go=
to work and wished I did not have to so I could determine what other birds=
were there. Oh well I'll never know.
Sincerely,
James
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beha=
lf of Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>
Sent: September 18, 2017 5:24 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: Mystery Birds
On 9/18/2017 9:07 AM, Ron Wilson wrote:
> I was thrown off by Peepers calling recently - me searching the trees
> trying to id the bird making the sound - when finally a friend confirmed
> it was Peepers calling from various levels including up in trees.
* a small clique of autumnal herpetologists will assure you that
nonbreeding calling by Frogs is much more interesting than Birds - we
know lots about birds, but for fall calling all we know is that it occurs.
fred.
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> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:24 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com
> <mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Lots of isolated Peepers calling here at night. I often think they
> are birds before clueing in. - Nancy E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
> On Sep 18, 2017, at 8:25 AM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com
> <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Maybe thrushes communicating? Sincerely, James
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------=
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>> *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca on behalf of James Hirtle
>> <jrhbirder@hotmail.com <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com>>
>> *Sent:* September 18, 2017 2:48 AM
>> *To:* Naturens Naturens
>> *Subject:* [NatureNS] Mystery Birds
>>
>> 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. - James R. Hirtle - LaHave
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Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
South Nation Basin Art & Science Book
http://pinicola.ca/books/SNR_book.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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<p>Hi Fred and all:</p>
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<p>I was thinking that it could have been thrushes that I was hearing makin=
g the whisling noises. These calls were moving and not set in one spo=
t. Anyhow, Ken McKenna sent me the whistling calls of hermit thrushes=
. That part of the mystery is solved as it
is exact to what I was hearing. It sounded like they were communicat=
ing with one another. Some appeared to be making the call from ground=
level and others from the air. I expect they were settling into the =
woods behind the house for the night until the
heavy fog lifted and the rain was over. This is the first time I've =
heard this in LaHave, so definitely a group of thrushes on the move. =
The other call is still a mystery. It reminded me of the hunting call=
of one of the owls, but did not quite match it.
When the call was made it really set the hermit thrushes off. =
This morning there were lots of birds about. I did not want to go to =
work and wished I did not