Originally posted by Serial_Apologist
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What birds (are you/have you been) watching? What birds have been watching you?
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coo cooo-coo, coo-coo; coo cooo-coo, coo-coo... often finishing with a single "coo".
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Originally posted by ardcarp View PostYes, spot on. How unimaginative their 'song' is, but not ugly like the corvids. I think the worst of all is that of the grey heron. Luckily they don't give voice that often, but it's the most ugly disagreeable noise imaginable.
One of my most beloved sounds....
The common raven is a big black bird, a member of the crow family. It is massive, bigger than a buzzard. It is all black with a large bill, and long wings. Read more
I see these in groups of two or three, out by the woods, or singletons over the house.... I hold my breath, transfixed by their size, the power of their flight....and this dark, dry yet sonorous, far-carrying call.... what great beasts they are, worldly yet prehistoric..
​ASTOUNDING! Just as I wrote this.... that very call flew in on the dusk wind....! ...
It is time WE learnt from THEM...the better to judge ourselves.Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 17-06-20, 21:01.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... worse than peacocks?
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Peacock Call PEACOCK Sounds- and Pictures for learning.All sounds owned and under license to Robert Nichol ( owner ESL Pouplar Culture ) all rights reserved...
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Originally posted by vinteuil View PostLast edited by jayne lee wilson; 18-06-20, 20:37.
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Originally posted by gradus View PostWith magpies here it's not so much the sound as the timing, first thing in the morning and drowning out the songbirds.
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2200, almost dark, the kitchen window open on the sunken garden...... a Jay screeching, grating, scolding something, high in the trees...an Owl, a Cat below?
Then, two Ravens flew over, once again with that dark guttural cry....... vronk...! veronk...!
Don't others here relish that wildness, that otherness?
All just a bunch of townies, I reckon....
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