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Thank you to all who replied. The mystery of the whistling has been solved=
. Ken McKenna sent me a sound file of hermit thrushes whistling. This is =
what I heard. The other call is still a mystery to me though. It was a cr=
oss between a bird dropping in the sky and the sound made by the wings and =
the hunting call of an owl.
All the best,
James
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beha=
lf of Ron Wilson <solidago123@gmail.com>
Sent: September 18, 2017 1:07 PM
To: Nature NS
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: Mystery Birds
I was thrown off by Peepers calling recently - me searching the trees tryin=
g to id the bird making the sound - when finally a friend confirmed it was =
Peepers calling from various levels including up in trees.
Ron Wilson
Somerset NS
On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:24 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com<mailto:na=
ncypdowd@gmail.com>> wrote:
Lots of isolated Peepers calling here at night. I often think they are bird=
s before clueing in.
Nancy
E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 18, 2017, at 8:25 AM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com<mailto:jrh=
birder@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Maybe thrushes communicating?
Sincerely,
James
________________________________
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> <=
naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>> on beh=
alf 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. T=
his was followed by a whistle type noise from a bird. Off to the right the=
re was a corresponding whistle type call. I would hear the diving noise ag=
ain 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 woodcoc=
k 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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<p>Thank you to all who replied. The mystery of the whistling has bee=
n solved. Ken McKenna sent me a sound file of hermit thrushes whistli=
ng. This is what I heard. The other call is still a mystery to =
me though. It was a cross between a bird dropping in
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I was thrown off by Peepers calling recently - me searchin=
g 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.=
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<div>Ron Wilson</div>
<div>Somerset NS </div>
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<p>Maybe thrushes communicating? </p>
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<p>Sincerely,</p>
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<p>James</p>
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