{"id":7556,"date":"2020-05-14T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T15:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2020-08-31T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:11:00","slug":"the-sonic-markers-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/the-sonic-markers-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sonic Markers of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

For me, there are certain iconic sounds that herald the arrival of spring and which I look forward to every year.<\/h2>\n
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Many migratory species, such as the Red-winged Blackbird and the American Robin, are migrating sooner in response to seasonal shifts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first male American Robins<\/a> and Red-wing blackbirds<\/a> usually arrive in late winter rather than early spring. Their songs are always a joy to hear. Each year I admire anew their hardiness in arriving before the last snowfall. The first skein of Canada Geese<\/a> honking its arrow across the sky lifts my spirit and I look forward to watching the female lay on her nest on a little island on my pond while the male patrols nearby.<\/p>\n

The arrival of the male American Woodcock<\/a> to my pasture is also a special event. I take great delight in trying to move closer to where he is peenting \u2014 a nasally, piping sound made by the bird \u2014 while he is in the air doing his sky dance at dusk. He almost always detects me and flies further down the pasture before landing and peenting. And so the game continues until darkness settles in.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Annie Langlois. Learn more about the chorus frog at hww.ca<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first peep of the Spring Peeper<\/a> is a sound that ushers the end of the maple syrup season. As soon as the peepers start singing, the maple sap stops flowing. Shortly on the heels of the first peeper is another very special sound: the \u201ccree-eak \u2026 cree-eak\u201d \u00a0of a Western Chorus Frog<\/a>.<\/p>\n