Because The Towers is on a small estate, at the end of a road to nowhere, it is a very, very quiet place to live, the main sounds we hear come from the birds……
……. however, as strangers to bird song, Nigel has taken to catching up on and listening to Tweet of the Day in an effort to learn what species are making all the racket!
……. however, as strangers to bird song, Nigel has taken to catching up on and listening to Tweet of the Day in an effort to learn what species are making all the racket!
Naturally, the chances of it being an ostrich are very small …….
….. so for the moment he is just concentrating on our native British birds ….
…… and now, down to his due diligence, he can confidently recognise a blackbird, a seagull and a herd of Canada Geese, who are particularly vocal at 8, 9 and sometimes 10 o’clock at night, even though it’s dark. He is also hoping to learn a robin and a thrush, but he says, it takes time as all the other birds get in the way …… what is he like?
This sort of tweet is much better than social media like Snapbook, Instachat and Facetweet.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell I am up on these things!
I fully understand Nigel's comment about the other birds getting in the way. We have a similar problem here-as soon as I dash off to get my bird spotting book, all the birds fly away!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the Tweet of the Day.
Michele
Love the Tweet of the Day idea.....always love to hear birdsong outside our patio door....we have a lot of cardinals who visit our patio area.....we even have them trying to build a nest in the top ribs of our large patio umbrella!....it isn't a safe place for eggs; we keep removing their beginning efforts because there are times it must be closed because of wind or storms.....Happy Tweeting!....Love, Dianne
ReplyDeleteYou can get to know some bird calls by matching their tweets to words - a yellow hammer says - ' a little bread and no cheese' but sometimes it doesn't want the cheese! A great tit - says 'teacher, teacher' and a chaffinch call is often associated with a bowler delivering a ball at a cricket match! Thrushes make beautiful sounds and a wren , for a very small bird, gives a belter of a song! Just saying!
ReplyDeleteHere is a good site, copy and paste to browser http://learnbirdsongs.co.uk/listen/
You'll be 'proper' birders in no time!
Janthefan x
JtF
ReplyDeleteTits like coconuts!
This is an ornithological comment. Honest!