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18-02-2006, 03:40 PM
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| |  Birdsong
As the sun sets on what has been a beautiful day here in the north east, with blue skies and sunshine following a frost, we were treated to a serenade by a thrush sitting about 20ft atop a bog standard conifer tree. The tree is in a neighbouring garden and is due for removal soon, but I hope the thrush returns for much appreciated encores. |
18-02-2006, 09:42 PM
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There was a definate change in the birdsong here today, blackbirds, thrushes and robins in good voice ( best heard since last september ) but my pick would be the great tits.....in great spirit!........with the threat of winter returning thursday and the poss of a bit of snow they still have a bit of 'surviving to do yet. |
18-02-2006, 10:35 PM
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We have had a Song Thrush in full voice for a few weeks now. It's a great wake up call I must admit.The bird seems to pick a different perch each day and yesterday it was the tree in our gardens turn
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19-02-2006, 07:36 AM
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The icing on the cake was the owls calling to one another this morning! |
19-02-2006, 09:26 AM
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My eldest son and I once did a 4.00am dawn chorus walk along a local cycle track the two chaps leading the walk would name a bird by its song and its approx start time, it was absolutely fascinating,especially when we could actualy see the songster.Does anyone remember a recording the bbc used to play of the dawn chorus that became a top selling recording?or am I mistaking it for something else
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21-02-2006, 11:49 AM
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The birdsong I hear every morning is produced by crows. However, I was led to believe that crows ARE in fact songbirds... I'm still having trouble finding the beauty in that though.... |
21-02-2006, 02:32 PM
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I was out last Saturday morning and Robins, Dunnocks and Great Tits were all in full song. It was nice and sunny and could almost have been Spring .... except it was damn cold and there was frost on the ground!
A Song Thrush has been singing regularly (including during the night!) close to my flat since at least early January.
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21-02-2006, 07:12 PM
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It is interesting to see/hear which birds kick off the chorus and wether they are the same ones as the spring ,summer progresses
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