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Post by skysmum on Jan 12, 2014 23:42:00 GMT
For the last few weeks we have had a beautiful night time song from a wild bird, it goes on all night and is quite nice, its a sweet sound. My research leads me to believe that it could be a little Dunnock. They look a little like a house sparrow and we have had a pair in and around the garden for a couple of years. But it could equally be a Robin or a Wren. I would love to know for sure  Not something you think you would hear in January during the night  . |
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Post by Hezz on Jan 13, 2014 7:14:41 GMT
That sounds lovely, Skysmum. You need a bit of OP-cam to do some covert investigations. Not knowing British birds, I certainly couldn't help you but some websites for birds do have sounds attached ........ you may fluke onto the birdcall you are hearing. |
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Post by Moogie on Jan 13, 2014 9:24:52 GMT
Oh so have we Skysmum-i thought it really strange as it only starts singing once dark and late at night,would love to know what bird it is to...
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Post by starlingqueen on Jan 13, 2014 11:32:47 GMT
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Post by Moogie on Jan 13, 2014 11:50:47 GMT
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Post by starrymist on Jan 13, 2014 14:05:55 GMT
Yes, robins, I believe get rather confused with modern day street lighting & can often be heard singing through the night by a street light thinking it is dawn/dusk!
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Post by skysmum on Jan 13, 2014 18:49:07 GMT
Im still not sure, ive listened to all three on the net and tbh im leaning more towards the Jenny Wren, its such a sweet gentle song. We have all three around in the garden, i will try and record it tonight and compare . |
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Post by lupin on Jan 13, 2014 19:41:27 GMT
Hello skysmum Wrens sing very loud, sweet and strongly in their breeding season. I have heard heir song is often confused for that of the dunnock, who also sings so very, very melodically. Personally the only time I hear the wrens sing is when they call to each other when the chap is looking for a girl in the late spring/early summer to come and see one of the nests he has made in the hope he can charm her to move into it and have his babies - he has several wives (and broods) on the go at one time, each in their separate nest that he has built, busy chap!! I hear the dunnocks sing in the evenings even in the winter and they sing so sweetly, otherwise I don't know too much about them, except that the female can be a bit promiscious in breeding times. I don't know if wrens sing at other times actually. We have one that roosts when it gets dark in a little roosting pouch hooked up to our bedroom window. I wonder if the lovely song you hear in the evenings is the one that I hear - I have been crediting the dunnock as doing the serenading, but then could be way wrong |
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Post by skysmum on Jan 13, 2014 20:07:54 GMT
No i think your right, and im thinking the same thing, i only hear the wren in the spring and i know the robins can sing in the evenings but i know their song so well and it isn't the robin. The Dunnock it is, im 98% sure of it, i heard him go on until three am this morning, don't they ever get tired  |
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Post by stace on Jan 13, 2014 23:35:18 GMT
British birds always have a lovely song. I have some kind of Aussie pterodactyl that passes over my bedroom at 3.30am sharp, screaming like a banshee.  I have no idea what it is. Sounds like a giant seagull. |
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Post by skysmum on Jan 14, 2014 16:39:16 GMT
British birds always have a lovely song. I have some kind of Aussie pterodactyl that passes over my bedroom at 3.30am sharp, screaming like a banshee. I have no idea what it is. Sounds like a giant seagull. Typical, i was all set to record the singing last night and for the first time in weeks it was a no show  . |
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Post by Hezz on Jan 15, 2014 0:38:16 GMT
Ooops ........ stage fright! |
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Post by Hezz on Jan 18, 2014 0:50:42 GMT
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Post by margaret on Apr 24, 2014 23:42:56 GMT
I think the Aussie pterodactyl is probably a flying fox. We had a palm tree they loved when we lived in Sydney and they are certainly very noisy and really messy.
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Post by stace on Apr 25, 2014 3:53:19 GMT
I think the Aussie pterodactyl is probably a flying fox. We had a palm tree they loved when we lived in Sydney and they are certainly very noisy and really messy. No, it's definitely not a flying fox. We're on their flight path between Centennial Park and the Botanic Gardens so we get them around here all the time, and they often stop off and spend the night in the trees around my neighbourhood. It sounds like a giant gull. |
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I have no idea what it is. Sounds like a giant seagull. 
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