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Apr. 22nd, 2021 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynLOUD GODDAMN BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS
A PRELIMINARY LIST
MOCKINGBIRDS
These take first place because they a) sing loudly enough to be heard over the sound of interstate highway traffic- specifically, I-93 just outside South Station, at noon; b) will sing for HOURS ON END; and c) change up their song so much that you had better know you're listening to a mockingbird or you will be stuck going WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, THERE'S LIKE SIX OF THEM OR SOMETHING
CAROLINA WRENS
A feathered golf ball with the voice of a stereo speaker. Can be heard singing in the backyard of a house from the front-most room despite all keep-the-sounds-of-jets-on-approach-to-Logan-to-a-minimum windows being closed.
ROBINS
so. repetitive. so very. very. repetitive. and so. persistent.
NORTHERN FLICKERS
IF I WANTED TO LIVE IN A JUNGLE MOVIE I WOULD HAVE MOVED TO AUSTRALIA (BECAUSE THE JUNGLE MOVIE NOISE IS IN FACT A KOOKABURRA)
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
...
the local flickers were really vocal yesterday
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS
I have to have at least one house window open to hear these but in fairness they are going WHEEPWHEEPWHEEPWHEEPWHEEP on Snake Island which is *checks google maps* 660 meters away in a straight line, so these little clam-eating weirdos are entitled to a boost that the wren does not need
COMMON RAVENS
GHWAAARNK. GHWAARNK. It's not crows. I have to have the windows open to hear crows.
BLUEJAYS
Honorable mention because I had one land on the gutter that runs a few inches below my kitchen window and SOUND OFF AT THE TOP OF ITS LUNGS and that is not something I was prepared to hear without warning
A PRELIMINARY LIST
MOCKINGBIRDS
These take first place because they a) sing loudly enough to be heard over the sound of interstate highway traffic- specifically, I-93 just outside South Station, at noon; b) will sing for HOURS ON END; and c) change up their song so much that you had better know you're listening to a mockingbird or you will be stuck going WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, THERE'S LIKE SIX OF THEM OR SOMETHING
CAROLINA WRENS
A feathered golf ball with the voice of a stereo speaker. Can be heard singing in the backyard of a house from the front-most room despite all keep-the-sounds-of-jets-on-approach-to-Logan-to-a-minimum windows being closed.
ROBINS
so. repetitive. so very. very. repetitive. and so. persistent.
NORTHERN FLICKERS
IF I WANTED TO LIVE IN A JUNGLE MOVIE I WOULD HAVE MOVED TO AUSTRALIA (BECAUSE THE JUNGLE MOVIE NOISE IS IN FACT A KOOKABURRA)
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
...
the local flickers were really vocal yesterday
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS
I have to have at least one house window open to hear these but in fairness they are going WHEEPWHEEPWHEEPWHEEPWHEEP on Snake Island which is *checks google maps* 660 meters away in a straight line, so these little clam-eating weirdos are entitled to a boost that the wren does not need
COMMON RAVENS
GHWAAARNK. GHWAARNK. It's not crows. I have to have the windows open to hear crows.
BLUEJAYS
Honorable mention because I had one land on the gutter that runs a few inches below my kitchen window and SOUND OFF AT THE TOP OF ITS LUNGS and that is not something I was prepared to hear without warning
