Re: Bird Words

by Nightjar Thu May 09, 2024 8:08 pm

However:

It seems that their other singing songs are relatively annoying.

- The babies constantly twitter like beaky mentalists.

- When threatened (e.g. a cat is lurking nearby with malintent, or another bird (like a magpie) is menacing the nest), one parent chirps very loudly and sharply and the other swoops and dives towards and wheels around the threat to both intimidate and distract the menacing target.

- They can get a bit squawkily lairy for reasons unknown.

by Fangirl Three Fri May 10, 2024 6:36 am

Nightjar wrote:I can hear the parents now.

Pretty sure they're blackbirds.

Adult blackbirds have, for such a common bird, a very pretty and elegant song.

They do, don't they. I was familiar with the song - it mades me think of green leaves on rainy days - but I never associated it with sunshine or blackbirds it till I was taking my daily exercise during the early COVID shutdown. I'd be walking round the block and hear a beautiful song, and see a blackbird perched on a TV aerial chirping away for all it was worth.

by Nightjar Fri May 10, 2024 9:00 pm

It's got dark enough now for them stop their incessant peeping and a-cheeping.

I'm starting to wonder if they're actually wood pijinz now though. Sly

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 10, 2024 10:28 pm

It's very difficult to mistake wood pigeons for blackbirds. Sly

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 10, 2024 10:29 pm

Wood pigeons don't chirrup and cheep. They go, "United woo! United woo!"

by Nightjar Fri May 10, 2024 10:52 pm

Yes, but, I know, but I know...

I'm only saying that because I've got binoculars and I was trying to get a good look at them amongst the thickets and foliage yesterday and it seemed like the 'parents' were relatively big and bulky and inelegant as they settled the little ones down.

Then I started thinking that they might be some kind of other less likeable birdie-sort.

Like the aforementioned wood pigeon.

Or, worse still, just some f*rging magpies. dontpanic

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat May 11, 2024 9:47 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Wood pigeons don't chirrup and cheep. They go, "United woo! United woo!"

And they get eaten by Owls. Wolno

You know what I'm sayin'.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat May 11, 2024 11:08 am

by Nightjar Sat May 11, 2024 8:20 pm

These birdies are actually getting on my t*ts now.

I was talking to my neighbours earlier on and they didn't realise it was birdies and they both thought that there was some kind of faulty car alarm going off nearby.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat May 11, 2024 8:24 pm

Little Ziggy was sitting in the sun today, she was ever so happy!

She was sticking her wings out and having a good sunbathe

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat May 11, 2024 8:27 pm

SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:Little Ziggy was sitting in the sun today, she was ever so happy!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat May 11, 2024 8:28 pm

Nightjar wrote:These birdies are actually getting on my t*ts now.

I was talking to my neighbours earlier on and they didn't realise it was birdies and they both thought that there was some kind of faulty car alarm going off nearby.

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