hi im new here so please be patient with me ,lol, i have a small garden aprox 35ft square ,with a 1,000ltr pond and a 750ltr pond connected by a stream (i will post pic,s soon) we get hundreds of birds of all types including what i thaut to be a giant robin , it turned out to be a bullfinch and his partner? also a small greyish bird with a pale blue underside who runs up and down my greenhouse catching insects? spiders? but a few nights ago i was sitting (having a couple of cans) and it was getting dark, i was waching for bats ,which we have a lot of round here, when i heard a bird in my neibours tree, all the regular birds had quit singing, this one had the most haunting song i have ever heard, it was like a cross beween pan pipes and a softly played flute, it sang for about 3/4 of an hour , i just wish i had something to record it, this went on for three nights, (even my 5 yearold grandson enjoyed it? i was told it would be a nightinggale but when i checked online for its song its nothing like the one i heard , far to squawky, and loud, so if anyone could tell me what it could be i would be greatfull, ps i also have a blackbird nesting in my shed?? she gets in through a gap in the bottom of the door, the has 3 chicks and two unhached eggs as yet, shes not botherd about me and jackie pottering about in there?? yours hopefully, terry,
Hi and welcome to the forum although I feel a bit cheeky saying that as I only joined in the last week!
About the birdsong , just a guess but it may be your resident blackbird. The blackbird has a really mellow flute like song and sings to hold breeding territory ( I think!). They sing their hearts out at dusk and dawn.
Not sure about the nest in shed situation - sounds like the bird is cool with it. Maybe another forum member will be able to advise you on that one.
Hope you have another evening of lovely singing!
Ange
Hi Terry and welcome to the forum.
What a pleasant evening you had, and a couple of cans to boot. Can't be bad.
I agree, it sounds like a blackbird to me. They are often the last to go to bed and have a very beautiful song, possibly the best of all the song birds. However, expert I am not. Tone deaf I am, so hang on for more replies!!!!
Cheers, Linda.
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Hi Terry
Welcome to the fourms . There is a fair to middlin chance what you heard was the male Blackbird . Heres the link and if you click on it you will find a short pice of its song.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/blackbird/index.aspx
Cheers
AL
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Blackbirds are often the last garden bird to pack up for the night and their song is undeniably flutey. The "Nightingale" that sang in Berkley Square was almost certainly a Blackbird.
Every day a little more irate about bird of prey persecution, and I have a cat - Got a problem with that?
Unknown said: Blackbirds are often the last garden bird to pack up for the night and their song is undeniably flutey. The "Nightingale" that sang in Berkley Square was almost certainly a Blackbird.
Yeah- Eric Maschwitz was NOT known as a reliable birder :)
S
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definatly not a black bird, so much softer and quieter, (i have one nesting in my shed and the male sits on my roof till it gets dark boasting i think,lol,) its song was more tunefull than a blackbird, and much softer? more like one of the animatronic things you see in a musiem?
what i thaught was a fat robin,lol, took in march,