A new little wren, done on a scrap of silk picked up at the landfill. I'm still working on the rest of the background so no pictures of that part yet. Maybe later. I do love the way these little birds hold their tails so straight up in the air. I'm trying to learn the different sounds the birds make, but I don't seem to be able to keep them straight. I remember the easy ones, cardinals, jays, ospreys, the ovenbird, chickadees, and maybe even a house wren, but the warblers, vireos, the sweet little titmouses and nuthatches I can't keep in my brain. I guess it doesn't really matter, but it does make it a bit more enjoyable to know which birds are talking to me or scolding me for getting too close. After a long, cold, quiet winter, it's so nice to have these singers back.
Monday, June 06, 2011
A new little wren, done on a scrap of silk picked up at the landfill. I'm still working on the rest of the background so no pictures of that part yet. Maybe later. I do love the way these little birds hold their tails so straight up in the air. I'm trying to learn the different sounds the birds make, but I don't seem to be able to keep them straight. I remember the easy ones, cardinals, jays, ospreys, the ovenbird, chickadees, and maybe even a house wren, but the warblers, vireos, the sweet little titmouses and nuthatches I can't keep in my brain. I guess it doesn't really matter, but it does make it a bit more enjoyable to know which birds are talking to me or scolding me for getting too close. After a long, cold, quiet winter, it's so nice to have these singers back.
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I don't know how you do it; you just seem to have the touch. Your little birds always have such character.The wren is so sweet.
I too am learning the songs. My son did his thesis on songbirds and can recognize them all. I learned the nuthatch because we can feed them from our hands in winter, and now I can recognize the hummingbird as they are all around the feeder when I'm in my garden. It's all fascinating to me.
I echo the first comment--you get the bird "just right". My son's first master's thesis in college was to write a computer program for identifying bird song (Cornell). It didn't go well (with a partner) and so he did something else after wasting an entire semester on this. I wonder if Cornell ever got someone to write a bird song program?
That little bird is filled with personality. I love it.
I have a friend who can mimic bird calls and has birds flying to her. I'm just trying to learn the calls so I'll know who is in the tree.
Marken
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