[NatureNS] Duck ID?

From: Sherman Williams <shermwms@eastlink.ca>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 11:30:01 -0300
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My suggestion from an experience I had yesterday: could the sounds heard =
be a combination of Wood Frogs and Spring Peepers?  On my hike near =
Avonport yesterday afternoon, as I was passing near a pond, there were a =
couple of Wood Frogs croaking (its croak reminds one of the =E2=80=9Cquack=
 of a duck=E2=80=9D. Later, early evening there were two or three Spring =
Peepers sounding along with Wood Frogs. When heard by itself a peeper =
call sounds much like a =E2=80=9Cwhistle=E2=80=9D

Sherman Williams
(shermwms@eastlink.ca <mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca>)


> On Apr 13, 2018, at 7:40 AM, NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> There are a limited number of ducks I have ever seen on this lake (L =
Torment, E Dalhousie, Kings Co). These include Mallard, Black, =
Ring-necked, Wood, GW Teal, Hooded and  C Merganser plus Bufflehead in =
Fall. Yesterday I heard whistling wings and Croaking. I did not see the =
duck(s) but believe this would be a Wood Duck. Ideas?
>=20
> Maybe whistling wings is not really a good ID feature for ducks. But =
the dabblers like Mallards and Black Ducks do not seem the =E2=80=9Cwhistl=
e=E2=80=9D in flight.
>=20
> Thanks for any help here, Nancy


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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">My suggestion from an experience I had yesterday: could the =
sounds heard be a combination of Wood Frogs and Spring Peepers? &nbsp;On =
my hike near Avonport yesterday afternoon, as I was passing near a pond, =
there were a couple of Wood Frogs croaking (its croak reminds one of the =
=E2=80=9Cquack of a duck=E2=80=9D. Later, early evening there were two =
or three Spring Peepers sounding along with Wood Frogs. When heard by =
itself a peeper call sounds much like a =E2=80=9Cwhistle=E2=80=9D<div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Sherman =
Williams</div><div class=3D"">(<a href=3D"mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca" =
class=3D"">shermwms@eastlink.ca</a>)<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Apr 13, 2018, at 7:40 AM, =
NancyDowd &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" =
class=3D"">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">There are a limited =
number of ducks I have ever seen on this lake (L Torment, E Dalhousie, =
Kings Co). These include Mallard, Black, Ring-necked, Wood, GW Teal, =
Hooded and &nbsp;C Merganser plus Bufflehead in Fall. Yesterday I heard =
whistling wings and Croaking. I did not see the duck(s) but believe this =
would be a Wood Duck. Ideas?<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Maybe =
whistling wings is not really a good ID feature for ducks. But the =
dabblers like Mallards and Black Ducks do not seem the =E2=80=9Cwhistle=E2=
=80=9D in flight.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Thanks for any help here, =
Nancy<br class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><br =
class=3D""></div></div></body></html>=

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