Date: 10/7/25 9:12 pm From: 'George Hammond' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] What creature is this?
On Oct 6, 2025, at 10:29 AM, Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> wrote:
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> For the last couple months (at least), I’ve heard this single call note in the early evenings. Also, in the early mornings. Merlin does not recognize it as a bird but…in the area are Squirrels, Chipmunks, Tree Frogs, Woodchucks. Could these be Tree Frogs?
It sounds like a maybe spring peeper to me. It’s not unusual to hear a few males calling in the fall after we have some cold nights. They spend the winter in a nearly-frozen dormant state, and start breeding as soon as we get spring thaws, so they amp up their breeding hormones before winter. Plus now we have the same day length as when they breed in the spring.
It would be very weird to have heard them in August though. Fall calling doesn’t usually start till September or October, after we have some chilly nights. So maybe I’m wrong about the ID, or maybe it was some bird you were hearing then?
regards,
George
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