It’s the Merlin app, isn’t it? They were all just “birds” to me before I started identifying their calls… and it’s a fast pipeline from there to borderline “birdwatching”. What has my life become?
Used a bird call app over in western Melbourne and it insisted we could hear a starling. Bloody things are everywhere in England and I don’t know one when i hear it.
Tbh starlings have an extremely varied repertoire. When I’m passing near a singing one here in Scotland, for the several minutes that I’m in hearing range, it never repeats the same tune. Pretty amazing!
I like the way they run around in groups while combing an area for food :) Also they are really pretty from close up, kinda iridescent, with lots of little white spots!
My partner is like this with birds xD
me: “Oh look, a starling!”
him: “Yep, it’s a bird.”
(though to be fair, he’s getting better at it :P)
It’s the Merlin app, isn’t it? They were all just “birds” to me before I started identifying their calls… and it’s a fast pipeline from there to borderline “birdwatching”. What has my life become?
I love Merlin :) It helped me learn to recognise so many local birdsongs!
Used a bird call app over in western Melbourne and it insisted we could hear a starling. Bloody things are everywhere in England and I don’t know one when i hear it.
Tbh starlings have an extremely varied repertoire. When I’m passing near a singing one here in Scotland, for the several minutes that I’m in hearing range, it never repeats the same tune. Pretty amazing!
To be fair, almost no one is excited to see a starling.
I like the way they run around in groups while combing an area for food :) Also they are really pretty from close up, kinda iridescent, with lots of little white spots!
Id be very sad to see a single starling. They always travel in groups.