| Re: What is it with Blackbirds ?
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always thought of the slower 'pink, pink' call as a warning - the "I'm here!", type of thing, and the rapid, rattle call as the alarm call - "Danger! I'm off!" sort of thing (usually just as they take flight).
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Somewhere at home I have a record of bird sounds recorded and introduced by Ludwig Koch (one of the great pioneers of wildlife sound recording). The two calls you describe are there. The first is introduced as "Blackbird, alarm note" and the second as "Bl;ackbird, extreme alarm note"
henrya |