Lots of questions arising this morning. Hopefully I’ll find time to follow-up with some research.
Very warm for December 13, close to 40 degrees at 6 am. Foggy. Frost only in small patches and very scanty. It just can’t be tree frogs zeiiiiiiip zeiiiiiip’ing in December? I’ve been noticing them all month, even on colder mornings and evenings. On those colder days, I only here one, maybe two locations of calls. They come out at dusk and dawn. Today though I heard one calling for about every 200-300 foot radius. So based on how far I walked I heard about 5 individuals in total. At about 6-6:20 am these mysterious callers and 2 bird species were the only noises. I’m uncertain about identifying any of these calls, yet hope to discover their names soon, as they’re regulars greeting me each morning. (I’ve done just a bit of research and they may be a Common Nighthawk or an American Woodcock.)
At about 6:30 am all three of these critters seemed to stop calling, and an array of new critters took the stage calling out their voices, like a roll call. Either the original early risers changed calls or they became quite. At 6:45 and 6:50 today the 3 flocks of black birds flew over my spot, 5 and 10 minutes later then the past three days, perhaps the fog? On my wonder back to the house, I saw 5 squirrels racing around multiple trees and occasionally on the ground. I don’t think its mating season, so maybe they were playing, or perhaps one squirrel team invaded a secret stash of another groups. Do squirrels nest together or separate? I think possibly the later, because I’ve come to know two squirrels that live right near my sit spot, and they seem to get along just fine. I can only see one nest, yet perhaps they’re neighbors.
