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Re: BBC radio3: impressions of symphony in birdsong

Subject: Re: BBC radio3: impressions of symphony in birdsong
From: "Avocet" madl74
Date: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:25 pm ((PST))
Geoff,

I've just downloaded the podcast of your essay and it was fascinating.

It answered what was going on with three rival blackbirds this spring. 
One had a characteristic element "kitiboo,kitiboo" which was adopted 
by another but as a single "kitiboo" at the end of a phrase. That one 
won the barn and garden territory. The third never "kitiboo"'d. He got 
pushed down into the woods.

I've heard another blackbird "kitiboo" about 10 miles away and 
possibly others. Is this a local Devon phrase?

David

David Brinicombe
North Devon, UK
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce







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