Alright, I’m Ordering the Bird Feeder

I love the noisy starlings, for instance. And so do the cats. My love is pure of course. While the cat’s love is, well, evil.

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2 thoughts on “Alright, I’m Ordering the Bird Feeder”

Julia says:

May 19, 2009 at 2:53 pm

After you observe starlings for a while, you may notice that they have a large repertoire of sounds. They even imitate other birds sometimes. And they have clicks and whistles. But mostly, I love the sound they make that is like a tiny bomb heading towards earth, without the boom at the end.
Stacy Horn says:

May 19, 2009 at 4:47 pm

It’s amazing the variety of noise they make. One starling shows up and it sounds like at least twenty different birds have landed on the fire escape.