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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_IW86rk6DKQ3nDzJCtd3Ojg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable 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 --Boundary_(ID_IW86rk6DKQ3nDzJCtd3Ojg) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <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? 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 <<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" = class=3D"">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>> 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 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>= --Boundary_(ID_IW86rk6DKQ3nDzJCtd3Ojg)--
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