Feral macaws is just too majestic a concept.
I wanted to ask, apropos an earlier thread, whether anyone could point to a
poet working in birdsong and birdlore with the same kind of intensity that
Messiaen brought to music?
P
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> To my mind, there's no bird to beat the English blackbird,
> for song and handsome looks; Shakespeare's "ousel-cock so
> black of hue / With orange tawny bill". But it's a strange
> thing -- I've lived in various parts of this country, from
> the south-west to the north-east where we are now, and I'll
> swear those blackbirds make regional variations in their song.
>
> By the way, there's a flock of feral macaws up in the dales
> about 30 miles from here. I saw them once, and it seemed a
> huge and magical privilege, like being visited by strangers
> from another planet.
>
> joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jill Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:56 PM
> Subject: Re: help--translation query
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Is it 'ruffle' their feathers?
> >
> > And 'having a lend'? To have someone on, take the piss.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jill
> >
> > On Saturday, March 11, 2006, at 01:37 AM, Jill Jones wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Mark,
> >>
> >> First of all, what's a grackle? I assume you're not having a lend.
> >>
> >> But I would be interested in the correct name for the term
> as well. There
> >> does seem to be a thing about poets and birds.
> >>
> >> I'm a lazy bird watcher myself and rarely know the correct
> word for
> >> ornithological things. But I notice them all the same.
> Tonight, there was
> >> a real racket across the street as I was coming home, ooh,
> about 7ish.
> >> Most likely parrots of some kind. I couldn't see them but
> they were,
> >> obviously, apparent.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jill
> >>
> >>
> >> On Saturday, March 11, 2006, at 01:06 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> >>
> >>> OK, I need some feedback from birdwatchers. In the winter
> birds puff out
> >>> their feathers fro warmth. Is there/are there a
> term/terms for this?
> >>> From the scientific to the colloquial.
> >>>
> >>> I realize this question is likely to inspire some general
> levity, not to
> >>> say tom-foolery (origin?), which I'd appreciate as much
> as the next
> >>> guy/gal, but I really could use the help on this one.
> >>>
> >>> A tribeof grackles has taken up residence in the park outside my
> >>> window--maybe 25 males. Quiet so far--probably waiting
> for a critical
> >>> mass to build up. Oh lucky me.
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>
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> >>
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> > _______________________________________________________
> > Jill Jones
> >
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> >
> > Where the Sea Burns. Wagtail Series. Picaro Press
> > PO Box 853, Warners Bay, NSW, 2282. [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Struggle and radiance: ten commentaries (Wild Honey Press)
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> >
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