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"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."

Crows definitely seemed smarter than our dogs when I was young. Would tease them mercilessly.

Of course. No disputing that.

"Not convinced chickens have got anything on crows among birds, or pigs, among food animals."

*whistles innocently*

"You're going to use that on non-chickens, aren't you?"

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170110-despite-what-you-might-think-chickens-are-not-stupid

"Ha! Good, that."

Do chickens play? They've always struck me as having intelligence very slightly above chicken feed.

"Nurse Ratched 1:38 Sun Apr 19 Fair enough, that was me for years. Read the lyrics then, you'll probably enjoy the message."

Country: nope.

"Reminds me of a song Big ol Buzzard sitting on a fence, watchin them chickens play... Has fun if dark ending. https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Mike-Cross/The-Lord-ll-Provide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRFa8qlEZlQ"

"Turkey vultures are great. They sometimes put in an appearance in my favourite YouTube channel, Mousetrap Monday."

"Coffee 1:14 Sun Apr 19 Yeah, another name I guess. Not sure I knew they were interchangeable."

"Yes, the fearful aspect is clear."

For reference https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PSkwWFLNaaR33Co9e7e5nh-650-80.jpg https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YVXgsRUv3AXDTW5W6oMpqZ-650-80.jpg

That sounds like a vulture.

That sounds like a vulture.

Coffee 1:06 Sun Apr 19 The scary-looking turkey ones. (In the Southwest states and near a place call Cyprus Hills kind of near where my mom is living)

"An uncommon one, then?"

"There has been a hawk patrolling around here for a few weeks I say hawk, but looking it up it might be a common buzzard, apparently very different from the buzzards I had seen."

"Couple of Jays in our street in the last few days, not sure whether they are a rare sight in a city centre, but never seen them round here before. Love the shade of blue on them..they look 'casual but smart'..."

Lovely stuff.

"If it was a(n Alan) Taylorbird, it would only have two chicks..."

"Working from home has made me appreciate or garden here in deepest 'ampshire..I finally repaired our feeder and have had nuthatches , great tits , blue coal =and long tailed tits , blackcaps ,chiffchaffs , goldcrests (or Firecrests) treecreepers thrushes, willow warblers, all three woodpeckers ,goldfinches linnets and siskins on the niger seed feeders - disappointed that the greenfinch numbers are still down,haven't seen one for years...I was pleasantly surprised to see how many of our native species are doing very well down in New Zealand having been introduced by settlers"

"Nurse Ratched¬†10:38 Fri Mar 27 Re: For WHO's Birders Perhaps a type of sunbird, or maybe a common tailorbird? I know bugger all about the tropicals, though, sorry ?üßê"