Birds

[Tony]

It might be just an adoration, but the only birds I heard in the US on the west coast were crows and the occasional gull. Even in the national parks it was quiet. . . . I saw birds, but they weren't ones to make noise.

Is it just the way it is in the US?

Is it a side effect of having natural predators?

We don't have things like wolves or cougars/bob cats here. We have introduced hunters, like foxes, feral cats & feral dogs. Dingos are pretty rare this side of the black stump.

I never realised how noisy it is here until I got back. In suburbia we have magpies, rosella's, honey eaters, minors, cockatoos, gallahs, crows/ravens and seagulls/pacific gulls just to name a few and when the sun sets/rises there's quite a din.

Are other areas of the US blessed with more vocal birds?

[MacLean]

It might be just an adoration, but the only birds I heard in the US on the west coast were crows and the occasional gull. Even in the national parks it was quiet. . . . I saw birds, but they weren't ones to make noise.

Is it just the way it is in the US?

Is it a side effect of having natural predators?

We don't have things like wolves or cougars/bob cats here. We have introduced hunters, like foxes, feral cats & feral dogs. Dingos are pretty rare this side of the black stump.

I never realised how noisy it is here until I got back. In suburbia we have magpies, rosella's, honey eaters, minors, cockatoos, gallahs, crows/ravens and seagulls/pacific gulls just to name a few and when the sun sets/rises there's quite a din.

Are other areas of the US blessed with more vocal birds?

The Pacific Northwest is a veritable aviary.

On any given day, I can hear a different bird. Where I live, I am treated to Eagles and Osprey chattering, among others. At night I have owls.

[jmur5074]

There are sparrows, swallows, finches, woodpeckers, blue jays, robins, eagles, herons, falcons, and hawks all over the place by me....to name a few.

[Willowdared]

I guess you missed the Point Loma parrots?

[Ducky]

I can't get the ones at my place to shut up long enough to have a cell phone call. Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, Cardinals, Finches, Mourning Doves, Pigeons, Hawks, Wrens, Owls, and yes, crows, not to mention the damn buzzards. All of them are noisy bastards. Only quiet ones I've found are the hummingbirds, and I think that's only because they forgot the words.

[Tony]

I guess you missed the Point Loma parrots?

I did!!

I saw these but they weren't vocal.

We have these in the backyard ~

[MacLean]

Tony, you ever visit the States again, you let me know.

I'll put you (and the misses) up in the spare room out here in God's Country.

You'll get the chance to see more birds and game than you'd expect, and I'll even get you on my range for some shootin.

[1*girl]

I can't get the ones at my place to shut up long enough to have a cell phone call. Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, Cardinals, Finches, Mourning Doves, Pigeons, Hawks, Wrens, Owls, and yes, crows, not to mention the damn buzzards. All of them are noisy bastards. Only quiet ones I've found are the hummingbirds, and I think that's only because they forgot the words.

Yeah, for the south to be so peaceful at night during the summer, it's noisy as hell. Buuuuutttt...even though I'm not a bird person, I've always loved listening to the Mourning Doves and the Whip-poor-will. You forgot that one! And whatever bird it is that sounds like it's saying "doobie-doobie-doobie".

[Tony]

Yeah, for the south to be so peaceful at night during the summer, it's noisy as hell. Buuuuutttt...even though I'm not a bird person, I've always loved listening to the Mourning Doves and the Whip-poor-will. You forgot that one! And whatever bird it is that sounds like it's saying "doobie-doobie-doobie".

When our youngest was born he'd sleep with us in the morning and there was bird outside that made a noise that sounded like "pollycock" so it's been know in our family for the past 16 years as a pollycock bird.

Maybe your doobie bird is related??

[Ducky]

Yeah, for the south to be so peaceful at night during the summer, it's noisy as hell. Buuuuutttt...even though I'm not a bird person, I've always loved listening to the Mourning Doves and the Whip-poor-will. You forgot that one! And whatever bird it is that sounds like it's saying "doobie-doobie-doobie".

Quail?

[Tony]

Quail?

We have quails in with our budgies (parakeets) and ours make a peep noise

[Ducky]

Naa, these make a sound that has give some the name of the Bobwhite Quail... bobWHITE! bob-bob-WHITE!

Trying to think of another bird down here that would sound like that.

[1*girl]

When our youngest was born he'd sleep with us in the morning and there was bird outside that made a noise that sounded like "pollycock" so it's been know in our family for the past 16 years as a pollycock bird.

Maybe your doobie bird is related??

Omg, pollycock would crack me up more than my doobie bird!

[1*girl]

Naa, these make a sound that has give some the name of the Bobwhite Quail... bobWHITE! bob-bob-WHITE!

Trying to think of another bird down here that would sound like that.

Hmmm...don't know. But I forgot about the Bobwhite. I haven't heard it in a couple of years.

[Ducky]

Oh, and woodpeckers!

[Tony]

Omg, pollycock would crack me up more than my doobie bird!

I think it might be a honey eater but how could we call it anything but pollycock.

Our Magpies have a great song.

Here's a YouTube link ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ_pkvO5ia8

[1*girl]

Oh, and woodpeckers!

Now THAT'S a noisy bastard! Especially when you're on nightshift and trying to sleep during the day!

[Tony]

Oh, and woodpeckers!

Now THAT'S a noisy bastard! Especially when you're on nightshift and trying to sleep during the day!

As we don't have them here, is it the knocking noise?

[1*girl]

Yes!!

[MacLean]

Now THAT'S a noisy bastard! Especially when you're on nightshift and trying to sleep during the day!

Last spring I was running outside in my PJ's and chasing the bugger off with a hose. It would knock on the metal flashing on the chimney while I tried to sleep. The sound would reverberate all over the house!