tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post8247286688329919661..comments2024-03-01T06:20:29.087+00:00Comments on qualia and other wildlife: a momentrosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-43740188604807622852014-02-21T19:28:02.767+00:002014-02-21T19:28:02.767+00:00Bestest good idea I never thinked of, Miriam (my n...Bestest good idea I never thinked of, Miriam (my nephew aged 3 or 4), going to the RSPB website. And thanks. I wonder whether R4 has put up snipe on their 'tweet of the day' page (5.55am). I haven't caught all of them. Love xrosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-48420486791469288302014-02-21T17:09:48.459+00:002014-02-21T17:09:48.459+00:00Was fascinated to hear a snipe so I went to the RS...Was fascinated to hear a snipe so I went to the RSPB website and their audio, I think, matches your description. Quite an eery sound, intriguing and very different from curlew (part of my Pennine childhood – walking there, that is.) <br /><br />A lovely post, Roselle. Always a treat.<br />Love, Miriam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-23221923486168994882014-02-20T20:51:58.593+00:002014-02-20T20:51:58.593+00:00Thank you - yes - beginning to think it's a ja...Thank you - yes - beginning to think it's a jack snipe. Yes, it is a bit as you describe, though with a bell-like resonance too...rosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-47627389857338639962014-02-20T19:33:25.924+00:002014-02-20T19:33:25.924+00:00hello Roselle, yes a snipe's display call is d...hello Roselle, yes a snipe's display call is deep and ascending..it sounds a bit like the sound of a boomerang whirring... : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-35577845227133998092014-02-20T09:10:02.035+00:002014-02-20T09:10:02.035+00:00Hello Mo, and hello anon - thank you both. Mo, it&...Hello Mo, and hello anon - thank you both. Mo, it's definitely not a thrush. We do have both mistle and song thrushes here in reasonable abundance. This note is a very deep bubbling call, rising but NOT like a curlew. Anon: Is a snipe's voice that deep? The time is right, in that I see a single snipe flying over often at around that time, but I'd have said the voice belonged to a bigger bird. It seems to be a ground bird (ie not in a tree), so it might be a waterbird-type. Having said that, I couldn't identify a snipe's call, so it could be. I appreciate both of you commenting :-).rosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-19377755368493160332014-02-18T19:31:26.054+00:002014-02-18T19:31:26.054+00:00could it be the snipe doing his dusky display call...could it be the snipe doing his dusky display call? <br />lovely piece... <br />and I like " she who wears her grey matter on the outside"<br />: )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-394472314511997672014-02-18T18:20:59.733+00:002014-02-18T18:20:59.733+00:00I love that moment just before dusk falls as well:...I love that moment just before dusk falls as well: when the whole world seems to be holding its breath waiting for the stars. Is your bird a thrush? They often sing as dusk falls. We have one who is singing its heart out right now, in the old pear orchard beyond our garden. Hardy, in his poem of the same name, called it 'The Darkling Thrush' - such an apt descriptionMo Hallnoreply@blogger.com