Whoo boy, I was so busy with our returning Writers-in-Residence for the
past four days that I had not time to catch up with all the sudden
conversation on birds, just now getting on. But do I ever remember the
sound of the kookaburra, Jill, usually sitting on the porches, or not
much further away.
I'm with those who chose 'fluff' etc, Mark.
Doug
On 10-Mar-06, at 3:56 PM, Jill Jones wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Yes, I guess they are noisy. Never thought of it but now I recall,
> European cities seem so much quieter on the bird front.
>
> Last night I came home as a whole pile (flock?) of parrots - most
> likely lorrikeets - were squawking in the tree across the road, just
> on dusk.
>
> In our garden, we had magpies nesting in the jacaranda one year, until
> they found out that it lost its leaves and therefore their cover, so
> they went back to the more traditional and evergreen gum tree two
> doors up. But they visit us all the time (and shit on our paving). We
> also get nearly everyday or seasonally, said parrots (lorrikeets and
> rosellas), currawongs, new holland honeyeaters, welcome swallows,
> silvereyes (such lovely little birds), the australian ravens we call
> crows. Even a sacred kingfisher once. Also, unfortunately, all the
> pesky exotics such as sparrows, starlings, pigeons and noisy mynahs.
>
> Some of the above, and others, are mentioned on this site, including
> some of their noisy calls: http://www.anbg.gov.au/birds/birds.html
>
> So, can get real noisy.
>
Douglas Barbour
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