@Fire I've been in the garden this morning and had a proper listen. It seems to have two patterns. Firstly, "tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo" and also "tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety".
@Buttercupdays Same here. The songs sound like they're coming from a large ash tree but the leaves this time of year make it impossible to see who's doing the singing.
@Nollie Unfortunately I've yet to spot who's singing and I don't know anyone well-versed in bird songs to help identify it for me. Guess I'm just going to have to keep my eyes open and hope I catch sight of it!
This is quite fun to test yourself, although I don't think the sample of robin song sounds anything like a reguar robin. Or the goldfinch. I could only ID the ones I have in my garden or see close by. I don't think I've ever been close by a goldcrest.
I've been in the garden this morning and had a proper listen. It seems
to have two patterns. Firstly, "tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo,
tickety-boo" and also "tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo,
tickety-boo, tickety".
As mentioned above, I think there is a good chance it might be a blue tit.
That's an interesting link, Pansy. Also good to know that blue tit songs always start high and end low, as it says in the video. I suspect my 'Hong Kong Phooey' bird was a blue tit in disguise.
I think one of the birds round here is doing peek a boo. I thought it was the neighbour with her baby, but it was coming from the wrong place. The magpies go sodit sodit.
Many years ago, back when the weather was good enough to have the windows open and most people had trimphones, we used to hear someone's phone ringing every morning, very early. They never answered it and it really annoyed my husband.
Then one morning I saw a crow sitting on the phone line to our house 'trimphoning' away. As has been said I would never have made the connection if I hadn't seen the bird.
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
There used to be a bird in my Mum's garden that could impersonate a trimphone. I assumed it was a magpie, but maybe it was a crow. (I never saw it) She actually saw a crow one time making a very odd coo-coo noise. "That's a silly noise for such a large bird" she said "Cawk!" said the crow and flew off. She felt suitably chastened.
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@Buttercupdays Same here. The songs sound like they're coming from a large ash tree but the leaves this time of year make it impossible to see who's doing the singing.
@Nollie Unfortunately I've yet to spot who's singing and I don't know anyone well-versed in bird songs to help identify it for me. Guess I'm just going to have to keep my eyes open and hope I catch sight of it!
Then one morning I saw a crow sitting on the phone line to our house 'trimphoning' away. As has been said I would never have made the connection if I hadn't seen the bird.
She actually saw a crow one time making a very odd coo-coo noise. "That's a silly noise for such a large bird" she said "Cawk!" said the crow and flew off. She felt suitably chastened.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”