They, along with their collared relatives, have a stupid habit of remaining in the road when vehicles are passing, or taking off at the last second, and then getting hit.
Thatās what we are trying out.
I heard a hoopoe yesterday. Hoping to see it soonā¦
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We have a bird song recognition app from Cornell, incredible the number of birds we just cannot see but hear.
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Birdnet - love it.
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Blackbirds sing loudly very late into the evening, especially if there is still a bit of light around. I used to work late in our office in Victoria and I was often serenaded by a blackbird on the church roof alongside. Although dark the street lights kept it awake. There were times when I had the church choir rehearsing as well.
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I can get within about 2 metres of Collared Doves before they fly off. Easy prey for predatory birds. Found piles of Collared Dove feathers in my garden. Only see Turtle Doves on my garden cams.
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I saw one in the mid '90s, in my garden! I heard it very close by, and then saw what looked like an American Indian headdress just appearing above my garden wall. It flew over to inspect the crevices in the stone wall, saw me then flew away. Not seen one since!
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They have been here for a few weeks.
Beautiful birds which feed much as green woodpeckers, so we often see them in our orchard.
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Merlin is done by Cornell as wellā¦ Seems pretty accurate so far!
We used to get them every year, hopping about on the grass using their long beaks to tweak out bugs for the chicks. But the various heatwaves that dried and hardened the ground did not help. They didnāt come or stayed for a shorter time. Iām still hoping to see one this year though after all this rainā¦
Mom/Dad and two hungry chicks
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There are some fossicking in my garden at the moment (or were this afternoon) they like to walk along the main ridge of my roof and call, also in the courtyard, presumably using it as an amplifier.
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Digging for gold or gems?
Whatās precious to them may not be to us 
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Heard one yesterday when out in the garden. They have finally arrived! Much later this year than previous years, probably due to the miserable weather.
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Ditto. 
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What lucky bunnies you are! Iāve never seen one āin the fleshā so to speakā¦
Up here, almost all the birds are LBJās as I understand they are known 
I confess to having to resort to Googleā¦ but then I collapsed with laughter at the resultā¦
When my younger brother (the family bird-expert) first visited us here in Franceā¦ I mentioned that there were lots of ālittle brown birdsā on the fields around the football pitch.
off he strolledā¦
On his return, he was very scathing (n his brotherly way) as he handed me a list of about 30 different birds he had identifiedā¦ in just that patch 
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Not only do they all look the same,but they tend to be rather shy and/or enjoy being in dense undergrowth (our brambles are perfect for that) or at the tops of trees and I canāt really see them properly Hence the idea of finding them by their songs although there is one song I just canāt identify and I donāt believe the bird identification app either, beause I know what chaffinch songs sound like!
In case anyone has other ideas, itās a single note, very loud, repeated at half-second intervals all dayā¦ not alarm call as itās all day every day!
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Cuckoo sound is almost constant this summer, itās grown each year since I noticed it. Iām glad they are happy here.
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