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  • Dawn Chorus

    For the last week I have been listening to the birds starting singing in the morning, and it's certainly getting earlier.
    Yesterday I heard the first bird at just after 5.30 am and last weekend it was nearer 6am.
    Same bird each day...I think it's a blackbird, but it's very different to the end of the day songs.
    Can anyone suggest a CD or website where you can listen to various songbirds - or indeed any European birds????
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    My Dad got this for Christmas & says it's brilliant!
    Amazon.co.uk: Collins Field Guide: Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe (Contains 2 accompanying CDs): Books: Geoff Sample

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    • #3
      The morning chorus is wonderful at the moment, it seems very early- still dark most days.

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      • #4
        That looks perfect Sarah!!
        Thanks
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          And today I heard our first woodpecker of the season.
          TonyF, Dordogne 24220

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          • #6
            'fraid all I heard was the wind whistling through the TV aerial!!!
            Happy Gardening,
            Shirley

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            • #7
              Fantastic Tony

              We have a great spotted and a green woodpecker in Normandy and they were about at New Year! ( easier to see too as there are no leaves on the trees!)

              I have to ask....am I the only one who ends up cross eyed when using binoculars?????


              Ha Shirl! Twas rain on the window this morning for me
              Last edited by Nicos; 21-01-2008, 12:07 PM.
              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

              Location....Normandy France

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              • #8
                No, Nicos. I go cross-eyed too. I always thought that it was because I was so used to peering through a camera that my poor, feeble brain couldn't cope with using two eyes. I now put a powerful lens on the camera and use that instead - although after a while it makes your wrists ache.
                Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.

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                • #9
                  As someone who frequently works nights, I just love to hear the dawn chorus, it's glorious!
                  Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

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                  • #10
                    Nicos if you go on the rspb birdcam web page on the page were the webcam is up on the right in blue is the names of birds if you click on one of them it will take you to a page all about that bird then up in right hand top corner is a alphabet in circles if you click on the circkle with a in it will drop a list with all the birds names starting with the letter a click on wich bird you want and you can play sounds or video of the bird of your choice my favorite is the curlew have fun jacob
                    What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
                    Ralph Waide Emmerson

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                    • #11
                      That's a good site!
                      I couldn't get the cam to work so didn't go back to see the rest of what was on the site
                      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                      Location....Normandy France

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Nicos View Post
                        That's a good site!
                        Certainly is.

                        I've been checking the web cam every so often but I didn't know about all the other "stuff" there is on the site. Thanks JM for pointing it out
                        A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                        • #13
                          I'm not awake early enough for the Dawn Chorus, but I have noticed a lot more singing at dusk now. Its lovely. Blackbird is my favourite song.
                          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                            I'm not awake early enough for the Dawn Chorus, but I have noticed a lot more singing at dusk now. Its lovely. Blackbird is my favourite song.
                            Leave your window open then TS...........it's much better than an alarm clock!
                            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                            Diversify & prosper


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                            • #15
                              Jacob

                              Thanks for pointing out the rspb site. Love it. It's in my favourites now, we're often trying to identify birds.
                              Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

                              Michael Pollan

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