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Post by rikita on May 19, 2010 20:17:51 GMT
somewhere in the distance a car is making noise.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 19, 2010 20:37:24 GMT
It was very quiet until I opened this thread. Then the drinking water truck went by, pausing to honk and yell "Agua? Agua?".
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2010 17:35:31 GMT
was quiet here this a.m. too, then they came to put new gutters on the neighbors house,I can't believe how much noise they are making!!!! And have been here for hours it seems!!! GRRRRRRRR!!!
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Post by rikita on May 20, 2010 21:36:23 GMT
quiet here too.
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Post by Kimby on May 23, 2010 0:57:43 GMT
It's quiet here, but our first three nights in Florida sleeping with open windows in a stilt house above a flooded yard I had to wear earplugs to get any sleep at all. The frogs had gone crazy, taking advantage of the waterworld that was our yard to put on a mating spectacular.
As we drove into our neighborhood with the car windows open to savor the soft humid air, I was charmed by the unfamiliar sound of frogs. But after they kept me from sleeping for a whole night I was less charmed.
First, one frog would croak and instantly the whole "pond" would chorus back, lasting for about a minute. Then there would be about 3 minutes of silence, almost enough to drop off to sleep. Then one frog would croak and the whole yard would come alive with croaking again.
This went on for three nights. On the 4th night, I noticed that when one frog croaked, no one answered, but that farther down the street there were many frogs croaking. I think our poor froggy must have missed the dating boat and was still looking for a girlfriend.
By the time we left Sanibel, the water had soaked in and there were no frogs croaking.
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Post by Kimby on May 23, 2010 4:43:22 GMT
www.ustream.tv/theowlboxOwls rasping (not "hooting"). The babies are fledging, and from 8:15 pm California time until who knows how late, they hang around the nest box calling and flapping and taking test flights. Parents come in now and then after midnight to bring food.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 22:14:32 GMT
The frogs and toads have been going at it here as well Kimby. They do make quite a raucous but,I am able to tune them out somehow,other times, I really enjoy hearing them and get into the different patterns,syncopation,etc. I love how I can open the balcony door and suddenly they stop,dead silence,almost as though they are being caught in the act!! A couple of seconds later,they crank back up again. I find it highly amusing. I am trying to figure out a way to record them and reproduce on here for y'all to listen to. My camera seems to have only a limited sound recording feature that I need to get someone who knows what they are doing to help me with.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 23, 2010 23:30:44 GMT
Casimira, try using the video feature. Don't worry about getting a picture in the dark -- just point your camera toward the best sound source. Then open yourself a www.youtube.com/ account. It will walk you through the dead-simple process of transferring your video to youtube. Go back one page here & you can see Imec's keyboard at #247 and the dark underside of my porch roof at #253. No visual interest, but those videos captured the sounds. As a matter of fact, I just went back & found my dawn chorus video (#219), and I think it's maybe more effective for being in the dark. Gooooooo, frogs!
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2010 1:58:30 GMT
I will experiment with this week,I really do want to catch them on or around 'prom night',which should be real soon,better yet,after a rain storm!!! Oh,how they love the rain!!!
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Post by Kimby on May 24, 2010 17:29:37 GMT
I used to sleep in a treehouse at the edge of a pond at my family cabin in Wisconsin, back when frogs and toads were really abundant. I LOVED listening to the toads' whirring whistle, the spring peepers, the "glunk" of bullfrogs and the fingernails-on-comb-teeth sound of a frog I can't remember, but those sounds were pleasing and lulled one to sleep.
The Sanibel frog chorus, on the other hand, was harsh and raucous, with many fits and starts that prevented sleep. I could only hear one kind of frog and I suspect it may be the invasive Cuban tree frog which has outcompeted the native variety. So though I like frogs, I don't like THESE frogs!
(BTW, when I used the toilet at the pool, I found a frog stuck to the side of the bowl. Rather than flush the bugger, though, I rescued him by trapping him in a wastebasket and taking him outdoors. It took several tries, though, as he kept jumping out and I had to re-catch him.)
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2010 20:04:52 GMT
Interesting about the Cuban tree frog. Is it known how they got to the US -- hitchhiked on boats, brought in as pets, swam?
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Post by Kimby on May 24, 2010 20:59:02 GMT
For your listening "pleasure" www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/wildlife_info/frogstoads/wav/cuban_treefrog.wavLots of info here - except for HOW they were introduced. www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/wildlife_info/frogstoads/osteopilus_septentrionalis.phpThey even tell you how to humanely euthanize them! And a whole paragraph on what to do if you are annoyed by the sound: The breeding season lasts from May to October. The voice, or call, of the Cuban treefrog is variably pitched, slightly rasping or like grating stone. Male frogs call in hopes of attracting a female.
If you are bothered by the calling of frogs during breeding season, first buy ear plugs. Then turn out all outdoor lights around your house. Lights attract insects, and insects attract frogs. If the frogs don't move elsewhere after several nights, then try erecting a light as far as possible from your house -- hopefully the frogs will go over to that light to feed on insects, etc. There is no frog repellant or chemical to use to keep them away from your house. If the above methods don't work, buy better ear plugs and run a fan in your bedroom to create "white noise" to help drown out the calling of frogs.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 29, 2010 23:06:29 GMT
That sound doesn't bother me very much, although probably the fits&starts part of it you describe would be insanely annoying.
There is a baptismal party going on around here somewhere & I've been able to hear the music for hours. Luckily, it's a particular type of lively Mexican music that I really like. Some of it sounds a great deal like Cajun music, and they just finished playing the Mexican version of Jambalaya. This was popular a few years ago -- wish I knew the words in Spanish.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2010 11:31:31 GMT
Oh how cool, Jambalaya in Spanish!! The frogs were so happy last night after some rain...I fiddled with the recording thingie but,nada. (I'm going to get T. to look at manual and help me with this...he's way more patient than I am... :
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Post by Don Cuevas on May 30, 2010 12:35:08 GMT
Cows beh-ing! Niños chattering as they tend the cows and calves.
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Post by rikita on May 30, 2010 21:24:40 GMT
the sound of rain. i am so sick of it.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 30, 2010 21:43:54 GMT
Rikita, if you'd like, I'll trade you the sound of dried tree pods scraping on a concrete wall. It goes nicely with the sound of hot road dust hitting the windows & drifting into the house every time a vehicle goes by.
I watched a movie about Ireland the other night. Everything was so green and dripping with moisture. I wanted to turn around a watch it all over again, just for the weather in it.
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Post by rikita on May 31, 2010 6:48:43 GMT
bixa, believe me, if you had more rain in a few weeks than you usually have in a year, you'd get sick of it too. i don't mind rain usually, but right now the plants on my balcony are drowning and i am constantly cold and there's not even a chance to go climbing...
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2010 11:03:02 GMT
Nice,soft early morning rain here,bird song and otherwise quiet especially for a Monday as it is a holiday here today (Memorial Day).
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Post by palesa on May 31, 2010 14:00:09 GMT
My doggie snoring gently beside me
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Post by bixaorellana on May 31, 2010 15:43:30 GMT
Awwww, Casimira & Palesa ~~ lovely!
Rikita, actually I do know. I was living in Louisiana in January of 1990, when we had two meters of rain in that single month. Plants were rotting everywhere. We used to go for walks when it was merely drizzling, as that was the only chance to get outside for a spell.
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Post by spindrift on Jun 3, 2010 22:30:52 GMT
Mr Dash purring....
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 3, 2010 22:39:06 GMT
Very quiet mostly, but earlier there was a man's voice raised aggressively on the road in front of the house. I looked out, and there was young guy in shapeless olive drab clothes and with a kerchief on his head walking up the road. He was looking down the little road across from mine and yelling threats while brandishing two 4' sections of cane. Right after that my tortilla guy came by in his truck, so I asked if he'd seen the crazy guy. He said that the loony lives in the neighborhood below mine & is a glue sniffer.
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Post by palesa on Jun 5, 2010 16:12:58 GMT
The sound of vuvuzela's in the distance. I think they are going to drive me batty before the World Cup starts!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2010 2:19:41 GMT
Glue sniffer???.Please be careful Bixa!! Tonight ,I believe is official PROM NIGHT in the pond,every species of frog and toad,no chaperones They really going at it!!!
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Post by Kimby on Jun 7, 2010 21:07:33 GMT
Thunder!
(Mia kitty will soon be making a break for her hiding place in the laundry room.)
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Post by imec on Jun 8, 2010 1:14:47 GMT
Spring Peepers...
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2010 1:17:10 GMT
Thanks for that, imec. If I close my eyes I can imagine I am sleeping in the treehouse of my childhood, which was on the edge of a pond. Do you also hear toads whirring?
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Post by imec on Jun 8, 2010 1:20:05 GMT
Could be - there is definitely more than one sound but I'm not up on my reptilian songs. In fact, when I listened to the sounds at this website I'm wondering if the prominent sound may actually be that of toads...
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2010 3:41:04 GMT
Love that website, imec. Thanks for the link.
If you listen to the leopard frog, the background "noise" is spring peepers...
The toad sound I was referring to is the American toad.
We used to hear bull frogs in Wisconsin, too.
Wish we had more frogs in Montana.
(They're not reptiles, btw, but amphibians. But you knew that.)
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