Ah but ours, very different, just squawk & take over anywhere they go…. So the noise of rusty gates, etc is perfect for them too...
Doug
> On Jan 11, 2017, at 1:42 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Thanks, Doug. Our cockatoos lack the finesse of our magpies. Magpies here
> appear to trouble to compose what they issue forth which is generally
> pleasant trilling, as opposed to the flat squark of the cockatoo.
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> Bill
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> On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 at 2:55 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
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>> I like it, Bill, short & of course not so sweet.
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>> I heard something similar from our big raucous magpies…
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>> Doug
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>>> On Jan 11, 2017, at 2:32 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
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>>> Cacophany indeed, Patrick. And they don't let up. Not until after they
>> have
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>>> splayed wanuts and chestnuts all over the driveway after they've had a
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>>> decent old nuzzle at them.
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>>> Bill
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>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 at 8:09 PM, Patrick McManus <
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>>>> cheers to the cockatoos a cacophony !!
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>>>> On 10/01/2017 20:45, Bill Wootton wrote:
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>>>>> The cracked cackle of cockies
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>>>>> clamouring down Doctor's Gully
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>>>>> multiple rusty gates opening unwillingly,
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>>>>> so urgent, so insistent, so brazen
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>>>>> heralding first and last light
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>>>>> bw
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>> Douglas Barbour
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>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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>> Venerable Optimist
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>> He saw the dark as a ragged garment
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>> spread out to air.
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>> Through its rents and moth-holes
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>> the silver light came pouring.
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>> Denise Levertov
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Venerable Optimist
He saw the dark as a ragged garment
spread out to air.
Through its rents and moth-holes
the silver light came pouring.
Denise Levertov
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