Can you hear birds?

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It occurred to me this morning that there was no morning chorus. It wasn't raining.

There have been many many dead birds where I live (SW) but we only hear about the sea birds.

Can you hear birds where you are? Is it not a time of year for normal garden birds?

Birds don't really need to sing at the moment - breeding season is over so they don't need to attract a mate. A lot of the birds we hear in spring have migrated south by now.

I will at around 4pm when an entire flock of sparrows take up their positions in the hedge for the pre-evening yelling session.

The ones that remain all year round are coming to the end of their summer moult, where they stay hidden and quiet until their new feathers are through. The robins for eg will be lustily singing again by next week <nods>

They're all around my house I was thinking earlier how it sounded like spring.

Usually hear the wood pigeons around now. Who whoooo who

Was just about to mention these little bastards. Wooo-whooo-whoo-whoo-whoo-wooo-wooo-whooo-whoo-whoo-whoo-woooo - PISS OFF

There was a birdwatching book in the holiday cottage we rented last week.
How did I get to my 60s before knowing that blackbirds lose, and replace, all their feathers each year?

Mindblowing!

Blackbird moulting

No, today’s the day their batteries get changed. I’m only about half way through ours and it keeps raining.

Yes, the front door is ajar for the dogs and I can hear various things singing.

Windows are closed so |I can't hear them but the crows and magpies or up on the hill as normal and the wee squirrel has just been in robbing the bird feeder next door 😹

Yes, last night it was a tawny owl and right now it is various small birds and one of the chickens singing her egg song.

I often hear the parakeets when I’m on the school run, and the magpies are sometimes noisy but the little garden birds are quite quiet at the minute. Still plenty in my garden, they’re just not making much noise.

Yes, some screechy fucker at night atm which sets my dogs off.

Where I live there are always flocks of geese squawking away in the mornings and evenings.

I can hear wood pidgeons, a cockerel, squabbling sparrows, and a startled blackbird.
Not much else at this time of year.

I can hear a magpie squawking out the back and later we’ll have the gang of starlings noisily devouring the fat balls out the front.

@theemmadilemma That's probably a tawny owl

I heard geese flying over two nights ago. A sure sign that winter is coming or going.

Yeah not shutting up outside my living room window currently.

Was just about to mention these little bastards. Wooo-whooo-whoo-whoo-whoo-wooo-wooo-whooo-whoo-whoo-whoo-woooo - PISS OFF

You need to read the thread on Cunting Pigeons from a few years back!

Yes. Plus deer barking, owls calling and cockerels crowing while it's dark.

This morning there was an arrowhead of about 20 geese flying around honking. They are getting ready to fly south. We still have swallows but they are lining up on the telephone wires. Won't be long before they all migrate.

Yes - lots of different ones including blackbirds, buzzards, owls.

Yes, the bloody randy pigeons on my roof going on and on all day.

I can't hear anything over the rain. Not heard the owl hooting for a while but I only notice it on very quite nights. Not seen any birds at all recently. Maybe the battery theory is correct?

Can you put some extra charge on the sparrow hawk please? It didn't manage to finish off the jackdoor last time.

Ah thank you!