JanJul 9
šŸŽ¶šŸ¦ā€ā¬› The bird songs recorded this morning via the Merlin Bird ID app during my 25 minute sit by the river. 20 species in all and one new addition too!
Show threadJenWJul 9

@geminicat7

That's amazing! I hadn't heard of Merlin until I read about it in an article from the Observer magazine; an unknown person sometimes leaves us the paper a day or so on -outside, in a bag!

You may well have seen this

https://observer.co.uk/style/gardens/article/have-you-seen-my-hair-nothing-pecky-with-claws-flies-near-me

ā€˜Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies near meā€™

Birds had always been something of a mixed blessing for the writer, until a visit to Australia changed her mind

The Observer
Show threadJanJul 9
@drystone Oh thank you Jen, I hadnā€™t seen that - I was just recommended the app by my sister, maybe sheā€™d read the article!
Show threadJenWJul 9

@geminicat7

I should have it when I hear that bird that sounds like a very dry frog in the trees near by (we do have frogs, but not tree frogs!)

Show threadJanJul 9
@drystone Well I do highly recommend it! Let me know if you identify the croaking frog bird!
Show threadJenWJul 9

@geminicat7

I will!

Show threadJan
@drystone In the meantime, Iā€™m sure Iā€™ve read or heard a similar description of a birdā€™s call. Iā€™ll look in my bird books later.
Jul 9 at 9:04amWeb
Show threadJenW4d ago

@geminicat7

I wondered if it might be a jay (they are around) but it's a less urgent noise, more like a frog guiro (below) rather than an actual frog, perhaps. On the other hand, birds have a variety of sounds, so it could be a warbler, a jay or something else..