For over a week, we've had a visitor. Once a year the 'Common Koel' a migratory bird visits us. This bird is very hard to spot as it is extremely good at hiding, but boy, do you hear it! Yesterday it was in a tree near us and singing it's little heart out, but no matter how hard we looked, we couldn't see it. It has a monotonous song that sounds something like a wolf-whistle directed at a pretty girl coming from a building site. Only this one won't stop, it goes on and on.
It did finally stop at around 7 pm. We watched a little TV, went to bed around 10.30pm and woke up at 3.45 by, you guessed it... our visitor. Both Diane and I dived for our ear plugs and tried to go back to sleep. Me, without success because I could still hear that annoying sound.
It did eventually stop at around 5 am and I haven't heard it today, so hopefully it went back to New Guinea or wherever it came from.
I still love it! In the summertime here sometimes there's a mockingbird that takes up residence at the very top of a nearest tree. He goes through all his melodies. I love waking up to that. But I kinda gotta agree...yours would get annoying a bit.
ReplyDeleteOh my God, My good man
ReplyDeleteThat's the noise that sends me mad nearly every morning from about 3.30am!! It took me ages to eventually spot my "noise polluter" but what I saw was a black and white version!
Strange how my creature is never heard or seen in the daylight hours! What do you mean, send it back to PNG - that is too close! Archangel, Russia would be an excellent posting!
"HB"
OMG That sounds horrible. Get a gun!
ReplyDeleteSounds like torture. Way worse than having to listen to a faucet drip. Hope it stays away.
ReplyDeleteSo it moved over to you, that's great! That stupid bird gave me a few sleepless nights as well but not anymore. I feel for you. But don't worry, it'll move soon.
ReplyDeleteDear "Anonymous"
ReplyDeleteWell if it moves, it better not come in my direction. I have already erected signs up, pointing in the direction of Archangel, Russia as the final resting place!
"HB"
Today when I was outside making wreaths I heard a bird call very much like the Koel, but the call I heard didn't have two notes, just one long note. The bird was off a ways in the forest and it was still fairly loud. I guess we all have noisy birds to deal with.
ReplyDeleteTo Callie:
ReplyDeleteThe Koel has a repertoire of songs. This morning at around 4 AM it used a staccato voice (but still monotonous) and the other day it just used a single note. We sleep with ear plugs at the moment but can still hear it. Hopefully it will move soon.
I listened to the sound of this annoying guest of yours so I can identify if we have that bird around in our vicinity. So far, there seems to be none of this kind. But the sound is quite familiar to me.
ReplyDeleteYou did a neat job of capturing the bird and the sound. Do they have a natural predator?
ReplyDeleteLinda
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Right that little bugger better not be around in Jan or I will start with pebbles and move swiftly up to bullets!
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