In a message dated 8/18/03 6:27:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Now Australian lyre birds, they CAN
imitate almost any sound!
>>
When we lived in Florida I heard a mockingbird do a perfect imitation of a
police siren. I realized it was a bird when the noice didn't get any louder or
quieter
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Wild birds often imitate sounds they hear frequently, especially blackbirds.
When we kept our horses at a livery stable, a woman with two young children
would whistle in a particular way when she wanted them to come from whatever
they were doing, and back to her. One blackbird picked up on this whi
Dear Maxine, Tamara, and Lacemakers,
> Amazingly, as soon as I
> started whistling *tunes* (none of the others do), it relocated itself
> to my shoulder -- the better to hear you m'dear :) (snip)
>
> This reminds me of a budgie that we had when I was young... I was learning
tho
> play the piano,
Amazingly, as soon as I
started whistling *tunes* (none of the others do), it relocated itself
to my shoulder -- the better to hear you m'dear :) It seems to prefer
Bach and Haydn and Mozart to folk or popular tunes; the latter he
tolerates; the earlier make him tweet for more whenever I stop :)
T
