Animal Noise Off Claiborne Pkwy?

[joerig]

Anyone know what that noise is coming from behind the new section of Claiborne? Starts at around 5PM through the night..Sounds like a million birds or bats making a high pitched noise...

[T8erman]

Hmmm, we live near there. Wonder if it could be my wife! [}:)]

(T8ergirl is gonna kill me!) [B)]

[Dutchml]

Spring peepers!!

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/spring_peeper.htm

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/Amphibians/Spring%20Peeper/peeperchorus.au

[Merlin]

We've heard them too --- it's crazy!! Can even hear them from inside the house when we're going to bed.

[SK8R]

Those are frogs.

Thanks Dutchml:)

[neilz]

quote:Originally posted by Merlin

We've heard them too --- it's crazy!! Can even hear them from inside the house when we're going to bed.


Guess you guys missed the cicada's last year ??

Sure they stopped (mostly) at night, but during the day ... OY !

Neil Z.
Resident since 1999

[OP_dude]

I love that sound. It's one of the first signs of spring.

[vacliff]

Let's get rid of all these annoying "nature" sounds and built more houses!!!!!!![}:)]
(Just kidding)

[kat]

Huge fan of the "spring peepers"- Also, anyone else hear the OWL?

[Merlin]

We've heard the owl too! Really gets the dogs going. I hope they stick around with all the construction.....but eventually I see the frogs and the owls leaving us..

[teak]

I had a falcon or maybe it was a hawk sitting on my deck. I've seen deer, toads, frogs, fat little ground hog or something like that, chipmonks, red fox all in Broadlands. Lots of wild life which is awesome.

-Teak

[Merlin]

Don't forget the bunnies! Hard to forget them with all they leave behind...and all they eat? Some of our landscaping disappeared.

[Zansu]

send one of those foxes over to my house to (m)eet the bunnies that ate the bark off my japanese maple.....

[wahoogeek]

true story

saw a bunny in the back yard so I called the kids over to the window to see it. Just as they stared to go "awwwww", a hawk swoops down and the bunny is no more. So, a lecture about nature followed....

[joerig]

Ah, spring peepers...they peep all night...doesn't the hoa have a policy about peeping sounds after 10PM? : ) they sounded like the secada's, I hated those things and thought they were coming back...we've got wetlands behind our house, so we've got the bunnies, the owl, some birds...just didn't want to have whatever was making that noise swoop down on me while in my hot tub, lol...

[afgm]

The peeper cry is the spiritual whinning of lost hockey fans. The mourning of a lost season. The cries for the future. There is no regulation against that.

[brim]

Hockey fans don't cry, they just get drunk and knock each other's teeth down their throats.

[joerig]

If I peeped that much about the hockey season, there may have been one, lol...And Brim's right, I just taught my twin girls how to throw hip checks.... : )


quote:Originally posted by afgm

The peeper cry is the spiritual whinning of lost hockey fans. The mourning of a lost season. The cries for the future. There is no regulation against that.


brim
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Posted - 03/29/2005 : 09:19:58
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Hockey fans don't cry, they just get drunk and knock each other's teeth down their throats.

[Celebrate Calm]

There is nothing more beautiful than a father teaching his daughters how to throw hip checks. As they say, the family that checks together stays together!

Celebrate!ADHD: Restoring Confidence, Purpose and Joy

[christinaandrob]

Mmmm hockey....I miss hockey!!

[joerig]

Lol, I agree with that! I had to hold off on slapshots cause they kept slashing me... : )

quote:Originally posted by celebrateADHD

There is nothing more beautiful than a father teaching his daughters how to throw hip checks. As they say, the family that checks together stays together!

Celebrate!ADHD: Restoring Confidence, Purpose and Joy

[Newsy]

teak - most likely you had a hawk (i've never spotted a falocn in this area) - either red tailed or red shouldered. Those are the most popular species right around here. We also have cooper's, sharpshinned and kestrals but they are much smaller than the other two birds. If you want to visit the nature center and look at the identification books we can help you figure out which one it was. Or visit enature online at http://www.enature.com/search/show_search_byShape.asp?curGroupID=1&shapeID=958

to the others - Yes, as nature awakens from her winter slumber and the little critters begin to scurry around those who have been hungry all winter are getting a feast now. But that is ok becasue nature creates a whole lot more little creatures specifically so the bigger ones (higher on the food chain)can eat them.Now your kids can get a live action 'food chain' explanation instead of just their school books.

[pamD]

Based on Wahoogeek's story and the fact of so many leashless dogs in the neighborhood, I guess my husband wins the fight about our pet rabbits going outside to play. Poor bunnies will remain housebound...

Pam D.

[Newsy]

Sorry to say PamD, hubby might be right. Unless you are playing body guard pet bunnies often become hawk food. They have not developed the sense of fear needed to survive out doors. Take them out, they need the sunshine - just be sure to watch them like a hawk! (I couldn't resist[:I].

[Zansu]

I was out on the deck with the kitties last week (they don't go out to roam, just on the deck with me) and a big hawk was sitting up in a tree not 30 feet away. I got up, walked over to the smaller kitty, looked at th ehawk, and he looked back. After a couple of minutes (as if to say, I'm not scared of you), the hawk flew away. Kitties only go out when supervised!

[JenCo]

Definitely! I had a National Geographic experience in my backyard (little small townhouse backyard) involving a hawk and small bird that was enjoying my birdseed. Took 10 minutes for the little bird to be reduced to feathers. And it HAD to be right in front of my window. I'd turn on Discovery Channel if I wanted that much nature:)

quote:Originally posted by Zansu

I was out on the deck with the kitties last week (they don't go out to roam, just on the deck with me) and a big hawk was sitting up in a tree not 30 feet away. I got up, walked over to the smaller kitty, looked at th ehawk, and he looked back. After a couple of minutes (as if to say, I'm not scared of you), the hawk flew away. Kitties only go out when supervised!

[pamD]

And just so you don't think I am naive, I HAD noticed all the hawks around and had pretty much resigned myself to indoor bunnies before all these lovely stories!

BTW, Newsy, someone on another online forum I am a part of also said something about bunnies needing sunshine. Do other mammals have the same vitamin D mechanism as us, or are you just projecting?



Pam D.