It happens that David Cragg formulated : > Ref the dawn chorus. We feed a lot of birds in winter and have enough trees > and bushes around to be counted as a forest in agri. terms. We notice, > approaching our place that the closer you get the more the birdsong. They > never stop in daylight. The first blackbird actually begins in the dark, the > rest join in and off they go all day. We notice the blackbirds and thrushes > do about 15 minutes each in the best places - then fly off to let the next > booking start singing. Sitting here writing this there is a blackbird > hammering away to a backround of tits, finches and the odd robin. The > pheasant seems to be losing his voice - as happens every year around this > time and the warblers and swallows seem to be running late as they haven't > arrived. Time for changeover - the blackbird outside this window flew off and > the reversing lorry one has flown in.
I only heard my first cuckoo the day before yesterday at Radford Semele -- Brian traveling on Harnser http://nbharnser.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
