Comments on: The Problem With Aussie Birds http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/ Travel Blog with Travel Stories and Tips Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: » How To Sleep  Self Improvement and Personal Development: Get In the Hot Spot http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-4419 » How To Sleep  Self Improvement and Personal Development: Get In the Hot Spot Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:37:39 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-4419 [...] I do wake in the night because there’s a wierd Australian bird making a racket outside and can’t get back to sleep again fast I read on the sofa until [...] [...] I do wake in the night because there’s a wierd Australian bird making a racket outside and can’t get back to sleep again fast I read on the sofa until [...]

]]> By: kate hayes http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2701 kate hayes Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:10:31 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2701 Thanks for sharing the kookabura call. That was so cool! Right now I am being serenaded by the toucans about 10 feet away in the tree by the pool. We are so lucky aren't we? Thanks for yet another upbeat, positive and positively wonderful post. Cheers dear! Kate Thanks for sharing the kookabura call. That was so cool! Right now I am being serenaded by the toucans about 10 feet away in the tree by the pool. We are so lucky aren’t we? Thanks for yet another upbeat, positive and positively wonderful post.
Cheers dear!
Kate

]]> By: Annabel Candy http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2668 Annabel Candy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:20:11 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2668 Bettina - Your english is better than most english speakers. So impressive. The Aussie birds are so brash and loud compared to their European relatives. I'd love to know what evolutionary forces were at work that made them turn out that way! Bettina – Your english is better than most english speakers. So impressive. The Aussie birds are so brash and loud compared to their European relatives. I’d love to know what evolutionary forces were at work that made them turn out that way!

]]> By: Bettina http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2659 Bettina Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:50 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2659 I was born and raised in Europe, where the birds have a refined repertoire - like the evening flutelike performance of the blackbird or the powerful and melodic song of the little Robin - tweet tweet. HA! Arriving here I was woken by bird calls reminiscent of a major traffic intersection experiencing multiple pile ups! Have to admit though the racket has grown on me, and I have hence discovered the delights of the bell bird's tinkle or the butcher bird yodel. It takes a while till a place gets hold of ones heart. Especially when you are laughed at in a most spiteful and cackling manner! I was born and raised in Europe, where the birds have a refined repertoire – like the evening flutelike performance of the blackbird or the powerful and melodic song of the little Robin – tweet tweet. HA! Arriving here I was woken by bird calls reminiscent of a major traffic intersection experiencing multiple pile ups!
Have to admit though the racket has grown on me, and I have hence discovered the delights of the bell bird’s tinkle or the butcher bird yodel.
It takes a while till a place gets hold of ones heart. Especially when you are laughed at in a most spiteful and cackling manner!

]]> By: Annabel Candy http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2656 Annabel Candy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:36:49 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2656 Anne - Aren't birds amazing?! Love that story, so reminiscent of feeding time round at my house too! The herons that nest in our garden are already onto their second brood of offspring this year. They put me to shame going through that baby stage twice a year with twins or triplets giving them hell each time! Anne – Aren’t birds amazing?! Love that story, so reminiscent of feeding time round at my house too! The herons that nest in our garden are already onto their second brood of offspring this year. They put me to shame going through that baby stage twice a year with twins or triplets giving them hell each time!

]]> By: Anne Lawrence http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2655 Anne Lawrence Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:23:03 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2655 Excellent Post Annabel! This morning, just before on my regular walk around the quiet streets of Weyba Park, I marvelled at the common butcher bird feeding its two "teenaged" offspring (they certainly looked big enough to be getting their own food in my opinion). The "kids" were so darn noisy screaming at mum to give one of them her one and only worm. I think the loudest of them won. The unsuccessful kid decided to follow mum around screeching at her - no doubt wanting her to find another worm. All this whilst my Father in law tried to sleep (with his window open and his bedroom right next to the tree). Ahh, 6am in Noosa! Wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Anne. Excellent Post Annabel!

This morning, just before on my regular walk around the quiet streets of Weyba Park, I marvelled at the common butcher bird feeding its two “teenaged” offspring (they certainly looked big enough to be getting their own food in my opinion).

The “kids” were so darn noisy screaming at mum to give one of them her one and only worm. I think the loudest of them won.

The unsuccessful kid decided to follow mum around screeching at her – no doubt wanting her to find another worm.

All this whilst my Father in law tried to sleep (with his window open and his bedroom right next to the tree).

Ahh, 6am in Noosa! Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

Anne.

]]> By: Carolyn Cordon http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2647 Carolyn Cordon Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:24:05 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2647 I love the sounds the birds all make. I'm a bit of a twitcher (avid birdwatcher) and any new bird sound around my place gets me out with my eyes peeled and a bird book at the ready. I record every new bird that comes onto our property and I'm thrilled that even after being here for over twenty years, I still see new birds. I love magpies and I adore my state bird the Murray Magpie/Magpie Lark/Piping Shrike. A lovely song. I love the sounds the birds all make. I’m a bit of a twitcher (avid birdwatcher) and any new bird sound around my place gets me out with my eyes peeled and a bird book at the ready. I record every new bird that comes onto our property and I’m thrilled that even after being here for over twenty years, I still see new birds.
I love magpies and I adore my state bird the Murray Magpie/Magpie Lark/Piping Shrike. A lovely song.

]]> By: Annabel Candy http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 Annabel Candy Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:33:23 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2635 Eden - I've heard of the Whippoorwill but I've never actually heard them. Brilliant name though. It's true that nature can be deafening at times, especially when a bird call comes suddenly on dark, still night. Nancy - Thanks for reminding me of the chattering Chachalacas of Costa Rica and I do miss being woken up by howler monkeys too. If they sounded close enough I'd rush down the road for a closeup. Such special times but we are lucky to have experienced them. I'm sure birds can bring comfort to city slickers too. Even the humble sparrow pecking around and tweeting is a joy really. Eden – I’ve heard of the Whippoorwill but I’ve never actually heard them. Brilliant name though. It’s true that nature can be deafening at times, especially when a bird call comes suddenly on dark, still night.

Nancy – Thanks for reminding me of the chattering Chachalacas of Costa Rica and I do miss being woken up by howler monkeys too. If they sounded close enough I’d rush down the road for a closeup. Such special times but we are lucky to have experienced them. I’m sure birds can bring comfort to city slickers too. Even the humble sparrow pecking around and tweeting is a joy really.

]]> By: Nancy Burcham http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2633 Nancy Burcham Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:32:30 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2633 A flock of kookaburras might be as noisy as the chachalacas that hold their conventions outside my window in Costa Rica, while the congo monkey howls in the background! But here I am in the concrete jungle of CA now, missing every authentic jungle noise of Costa Rica. Yes, it's sad we've lost so much of nature to development. My friend recently said our brain waves are affected positively by bird sounds, and I believe it! Thanks for the diversion from the things I "ought" to be doing, Annabel. A flock of kookaburras might be as noisy as the chachalacas that hold their conventions outside my window in Costa Rica, while the congo monkey howls in the background! But here I am in the concrete jungle of CA now, missing every authentic jungle noise of Costa Rica. Yes, it’s sad we’ve lost so much of nature to development. My friend recently said our brain waves are affected positively by bird sounds, and I believe it! Thanks for the diversion from the things I “ought” to be doing, Annabel.

]]> By: Eric | Eden Journal http://www.getinthehotspot.com/the-problem-with-aussie-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-2631 Eric | Eden Journal Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:32:50 +0000 http://www.getinthehotspot.com/?p=4748#comment-2631 We used to have a bird feeder in our backyard. We eventually had to take it down. We have a bird called a Whippoorwill. Named becuase of the sound they make over and over and over again. With the close source of food, these birds decided to take up roost in the woods behind our house. They would sing their song everynight as we tried to go to sleep. It's rather interesting how loud the sounds of nature can really be. We used to have a bird feeder in our backyard. We eventually had to take it down. We have a bird called a Whippoorwill. Named becuase of the sound they make over and over and over again. With the close source of food, these birds decided to take up roost in the woods behind our house. They would sing their song everynight as we tried to go to sleep. It’s rather interesting how loud the sounds of nature can really be.

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