tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257204.post6325006483397072124..comments2023-10-29T07:44:48.235-07:00Comments on Jestablog: AnimalsKamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531243633193697440noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257204.post-49769159154156877702014-05-01T07:26:30.335-07:002014-05-01T07:26:30.335-07:00Birds make different noises for different situatio...Birds make different noises for different situations. I'm probably one of the few people in the universe who likes jays, namely our local Stellar's Jay. They make all kinds of weird noises. The main ones are the familiar raspy caw, but they also make a piercing cry that sounds very much like a hawk, and what sounds something like giant water drops alternating between two pitches.<br />Now if I can just figure out which bird it is that sings part of the Austin Powers theme song ... it might be the same bird too! But I'm pretty sure it's some kind of sparrow.Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531243633193697440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257204.post-91549888592398383582014-04-30T20:30:50.608-07:002014-04-30T20:30:50.608-07:00It's good observation.
The writer of the diary...It's good observation.<br />The writer of the diary speaks of waking to magpie song and I'm like, "magpies don't sing, they kind of raucously squawk".<br />Well this morning at first light there's this very loud - melodic - warble outside the window and I look up and see three magpies on the electricity transformer.<br /><br />So I guess they do sing. I see them every day and never noticed that.<br /><br />regolithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257204.post-44121477629360963822014-04-30T12:05:23.004-07:002014-04-30T12:05:23.004-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531243633193697440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257204.post-21023902940798874832014-04-30T12:05:16.786-07:002014-04-30T12:05:16.786-07:00The book sounds fantastic!The book sounds fantastic!Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531243633193697440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257204.post-92078168926902441842014-04-30T04:47:37.969-07:002014-04-30T04:47:37.969-07:00I like this.
It is also, I think, very hard to do ...I like this.<br />It is also, I think, very hard to do well. As you read, you can see how authors project their own beliefs on 'what animals are' onto the animal characters... it's a bit like reading female characters written by a male chauvinist.<br /><br />I've just picked up a book from the library, modern version of 'country diary of an Edwardian lady' with photos, notes, takes place on a working farm. I'm very much looking forward to leafing through it. It's nonfiction of course.<br /><br />regolithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com