For WHO's birders

[Nurse Ratched]

"I thought you might like this video.



It's a compilation of different birds singing. Beautiful photography. If you expand the 'title' under the video it gives a list of species and the times they pop up in the video. Most of the species are familiar to us in the UK, but there are some 'exotics' (the cranes - wow, what a noise!) It was filmed in Belarus. The guy has a channel you can subscribe to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and maybe it'll take your mind off you-know-what for a few blessed minutes."

[zebthecat]

I forgot too and would have upped the sparrow count as I had the lot in an apple tree. Have some visiting common gulls as well doing their stamp on the grass thing (worm charming). Never seen them here before.

[azel senior]

"Raven calls are unmistakable, and yet they do differ from day to day. Always a type of ""Gronk!"", but differ in length, intensity and pitch dependent on their mood! Pointless me doing Big Garden Birdwatch, unless there is a tick-box for ""Fuck All!"""

[Hammer and Pickle]

"Walking in the local forest yesterday, I noticed something that seemed to be a black bin-bag about 30 yards up the path. My son and the dog, who were ahead, had not noticed the shape and disturbed the bird before I got a better sight in the glasses but no matter, once it took off there was no doubt for it was massive, and a raven it was. Later it circled around as we walked, making it's characteristic call. A raven is unmistakable - the size, the call and the long-tailed silhouette when in flight."

[WHU(Exeter)]

"That's understandable given the events of yesterday, away win for the COO and the weekend becomes an adrenalin fuelled blur."

[Nurse Ratched]

"Feck, I forgot!"

[WHU(Exeter)]

"Anybody do the RSPB bird watch? One robin, three blue tits and a female black cap. Dissapointing, especially that the Jay never featured in the hour. Plus side was I sussed out what the bird was who is a regular visitor, never bothered before (thought it was some kind of finch), but as it was for the survey went the extra mile with my 'research' to pin it down as a female black cap."

[Mike Oxsaw]

"Yes, Sock. I understand what is likely to happen to all the global warming fucknuts, but what about the original parakeets?"

[riosleftsock]

"Mike Like most invading species, if you feed them they will stay. I guess they will eventually evolve to the terrain and climate and morph into some kind of amazing pigeon/seagull/parakeet mutant that begs, steals and fucking caws its head off at you as it does it, and accuses our birds of parrotphobia if they complain"

[Mike Oxsaw]

"riosleftsock 11:49 Mon Jan 24 I'm quite surprised that their presence in Europe hasn't been jumped upon by the global warming faction - when I was growing up in the 60s, parakeets were only associated with tropical jungles and real pirates of the Caribbean. And zoos."

[riosleftsock]

"Been working over in Teddington the last month or two so staying away from home during the week which I hate. But the site is right on the edge of Bushey Park and the place is absolutely over run with parakeets, I've seen them before in big numbers in some strange parts of London, but never in this quantity, its insane, they completely dominate the avian gangs round here."

[Nurse Ratched]

True enough.

[zebthecat]

There are always the evenings though and Bullet isn't going to forget.

[zebthecat]

That is crap Nurse - It really helps me. My employer has put the office building up for sale so will be home for the duration.

[Nurse Ratched]

"zeb I'm gutted to be back in the office full time now, because I know I'm going to miss so much."

[Nurse Ratched]

Props to azel senior. That is proper hard-core.

[zebthecat]

Nurse Ratched 7:31 Sun Jan 23 It is rather wonderful. The Jackdaws have decided it is still a bit cold for this nest malarkey. Give it a couple of weeks.

[azel senior]

"Best site for bird songs and calls is ""Xeno Canto"", there is also an app. Did a whistle stop couple of hours at Fordwich and Bockhill yesterday first light, and saw the much reported Dusky Warbler and Hume's Leaf Warbler. Both picked out by their call."

[Nurse Ratched]

"Tell you what, I am really enjoying this Circle of Life caper. It seems like yesterday his harassed parents left him in my garden. He was a typically gormless looking robin juvenile, all scruffy and speckly (though unfeasibly large) and he set about asserting himself in my garden AND in my sitting room. He's mad as cheese."

[zebthecat]

"Ah, that's lovely."

[Nurse Ratched]

"Bullet has a WIFE ?üòç All day they've been together in the garden, playing and skittering about, and sharing a dish of mealworms. As I type this, I can hear him singing."

[Nurse Ratched]

"Bullet has a WIFE ?üòç All day they've been together in the garden, playing and skittering about, and sharing a dish of mealworms. As I type this, I can hear him singing."

[MaryMillingtonsGhost]

"Aalborg, Nurse Cheers"

[Aalborg Hammer]

MaryMillingtonsGhist..it's called Warblr (without the e)

[Nurse Ratched]

"MMG I can't advise if your phone's a crApple. But on Android I use BirdUp and BirdNerd. These are good for birds you'd commonly encounter in the British Isles. There are quite a few of these types of apps now, and they're a work in progress. The accuracy isn't brilliant, but it's better than nothing. Also, make sure you don't accidentally download one for American birds or something."

[MaryMillingtonsGhost]

Aalborg Hammer 8:49 What's the name of the app fella?