[NatureNS] Purple Finch and RT Hawk

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From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 10:47:53 -0400
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And today the Dark-eyed Juncos are singing for the first time here as well. Their Spring song is more up-and-down than later in the year. 

Nancy
E Dalhousie, Kings Co. 

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> On Mar 8, 2018, at 7:43 AM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> 
> Song sparrows started singing about a week ago and Mr. Cardinal a couple of
> days ago, down here in God's country!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
> On Behalf Of NancyDowd
> Sent: March 8, 2018 4:26 AM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Purple Finch and RT Hawk
> 
> Yesterday many Purple Finch in nearby mixed woods were in full cheery song.
> Very nice to hear their bubbly tunes. There was a Starling like down slur at
> the end of many songs which I had not heard PF do before. It can be seen in
> the following spectrogram as a downward slanting line in the spectrogram
> below.
> eBird list with song https://ebird.org/canada/view/checklist/S43462330
> or MacCauley (the one at top left)
> https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?mediaType=a&q=purple%20finch
> 
> Also along the way we heard the Red-tailed Hawk scream ahead of us on the
> road. It then flew criss-crossing overhead a few times before circling into
> the distant trees. To me this suggested it might have a nest nearby (too
> early?) and perceived us as a possible threat. The scream gets heard a lot
> but this time it seemed to have a meaning.
> 
> Nancy
> E Dalhousie, Kings Co
> 

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