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Although I grew up with them blackbirds have
annoying habits.
Some years ago there was one which would sound off
its alarm call for the slightest movement in the
backyard...paranoid?
This spring another spent many hours singing from
wires or powerpole. It was almost deafening & certainly drowned out the
calls of many other species I'd rather have heard. Why wasn't it feeding its
mate or, later, responding to its clamourous young from dawn to after
dusk?
Hearing native species is far more appealing
than the calls of this immigrant. I'd far rather have heard the occasional
serenade from individual Silvereyes or even our local Magpie group.
Yours heretically
Rosemary
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