Birds with something to say, yeah. Whippoorwills.
Peeniewallies? I disbelieve.
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.
Connor ,'Not Fade Away'
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Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2004 12:11:42 pm PDT #5426 of 10001
brillig
erikaj - Jun 23, 2004 12:12:30 pm PDT #5427 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
When I was a kid, we had an aviary and had a pair of them. I loved to watch them and listen to the calling. But of course, I didn't have to go to work so the birds getting started early didn't bother me like my parents.
sumi - Jun 23, 2004 12:13:40 pm PDT #5428 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Did you get Spring Peepers where you grew up?
We used to hear them at my grandmother's house. .. you know, in Spring. (Southeastern Pennsylvania.)
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2004 12:16:01 pm PDT #5429 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I disbelieve.
Such is your right.
Katie M - Jun 23, 2004 12:16:21 pm PDT #5430 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Spring peepers! Oh, I miss them.
True story: I worked one summer during college for the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation. One of my projects was updating a set of references on nuisance wildlife that was used by receptionists to answer calls from the public.
One section was about spring peepers. I was a little taken aback by this, so I asked about it. I was told that they'd gotten calls from people asking a) What's that noise? (which, you know, if they're not familiar with it I understand) and then b) Okay, it's frogs--can you get rid of them?
Um, no. No, the DEC is not in the business of coming in and carpetbombing your frogs. Feel free to move away from the wetland anytime now, sir.
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2004 12:33:35 pm PDT #5431 of 10001
brillig
Never heard the phrase Spring Peepers. We just called them frogs.
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2004 12:35:30 pm PDT #5432 of 10001
brillig
t still giggling at the name peeniewallie like a 12-year-old
There are lightning bugs in Jamaica? I didn't think they existed in anyplace remotely tropical. My husband's never seen them (he's lived long stretches in California and Hawaii) and doesn't quite believe they exist, and there aren't any in Utah.
Are there lightning bugs in Europe?
sumi - Jun 23, 2004 12:37:37 pm PDT #5433 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Spring peepers are a particular species of frog.
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2004 12:42:17 pm PDT #5434 of 10001
brillig
I never saw the frogs. They always shut up when we got close, plus the frogs lived where the snakes lived, and one cottonmouth nearly sliding over my foot was more than enough in my lifetime.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2004 12:45:56 pm PDT #5435 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There are lightning bugs in Jamaica? I didn't think they existed in anyplace remotely tropical. My husband's never seen them (he's lived long stretches in California and Hawaii) and doesn't quite believe they exist
I don't think of California as remotely tropical, at least not the southern end. Where was he?
But yeah, we've got loads -- certainly more than I ever saw in Michigan, where there were some. I've associated them with warm humidity, myself.