It's a Spring Peeper. They start calling individually from the woods when
the days get shorter, like Spring days. I've been hearing them here in
Hartland for a week or two. Jean Harrison
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From: "Hilke Breder" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 5:12 PM
Subject: [VTBIRD] need help id'ing sounds
>I need help id'ing these sounds which are coming from underneath a dense
>rhododendron
> bush by our house, very sporadic and lasting only a few seconds at a
> time. At first I thought it
> was a bird, but was unable to locate one; now I'm wondering whether it's a
> toad underneath
> the leaf litter. I saw a toad but it seemed much too small to make such a
> big sound. Also
> none of the frog/toad sounds on the net sound like this. I finally managed
> to get a recording:
> http://onejackdaw.com/Audio/unknown_9-1-13.mp3
>
> Hilke Breder
> Brattleboro, VT
>
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