By how many octaves does your voice rise when you spot something new?

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Originally Posted by Madelinew

You mean that moment when you actually can't catch enough breath in your lungs to make any noise at all? Yup got one of those when I saw my Great Northern last October.

It sort of goes "Aher, ahee, aha, her, heee, hoo" in shorts spurts with lots of pointing and arm waving

That sounds very similar This is usually followed by my other half hissing 'get that ruddy camera on it, that's what it's for!' and me doing nothing other than gawping in silence followed by 'I wished I'd turned my camera on that thing before it flew/ran away!'