Richard Littler
People hear music in the song of spring birds. Not me.
There's one bird that just shrieks out a single, unchanging 'ARGH!' every 20 seconds. Another makes a high-pitched, honking clown nose sound. And don't start me on blackbirds: 'Hi! Hello? Hi there! Hi! Can you hear me? Hi! Hello! Hey! Hi there!'
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Show threadRichard Littler12h ago
And I hate the 'Squeeper'.
"Squeep!"
[5 sec pause]
"Squeep!"
[5 sec pause]
"Squeep!"
[5 sec pause]
"Squeep!"
[5 sec pause, but no Squeep. Distracted from work, I find myself awaiting the next Squeep. 30 secs later still no Squeep. OK, back to work. Where was I? Ah, yes, I was about to..]
"Squeep!"
Show threadHugo Mills11h ago
@Richard_Littler I had one of those one year. I think it was some kind of tit. It sat on the phone wire, just above my open office window, and went squeep! exactly like that. For. The. Whole. Summer.
Show threadCatherine Baker11h ago
@Richard_Littler One of these lived in the tree just outside my last address except its squeeps came four at a time...
Show threadMatthew Edney8h ago
@Richard_Littler one of the few benefits of going deaf … I don’t hear the birdies that distract my wife!
Show threadLulu Helle 13h ago
@Richard_Littler we have a jerk bird near us we call asthma bird. No idea on species, but it makes the peep sound your asthma makes when you need to take your inhaler.
Show threadWonderdog 🏳️‍🌈12h ago

@Richard_Littler We have Torresian Crows. They have no song, they sit around and swear at each other. Loudly. All day.
FAAAARRRKkk?

FaaaaaaaaAAAARRRKkkk.

FAAAAAARRRRKKKK!

Show threadRichard Webb12h ago

@Richard_Littler
Robins:
🎵 Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough.

You are going to get your fucking head kicked in.🎵

Show threadBillSaysThis11h ago
@Richard_Littler We have a flock of peacocks here, 100% agreed!
Show threadtripleman, a 🇨🇦 in 🇩🇪7h ago
@Richard_Littler Pigeons, the undisputed idiots of the animal world.
Show threadBabberbupts 🦆7h ago
@Richard_Littler have you ever heard a heron?
The beasts sound like demons in flight
Show threadellianoa5h ago

@Richard_Littler
There's a great App calles BirdNET to identify birds by their songs and noises:
https://birdnet.cornell.edu/app/

That doesn’t make the birds any less annoying, but at least you know what species they are ;-)

BirdNET App – Identify Birds by Sound