A Friend Calls from London

‘Is that birdsong I can hear in the background?’ I ask

‘Er no, it’s a car alarm,’ he replies.

I remember those…

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5 Responses to “A Friend Calls from London”

  1. Dom Says:
    January 8, 2009 at 9:09 pm | Reply

    I’m sure I read somewhere that some birds were mimicking car and house alarms as part of their song.

  2. Flighty Says:
    January 9, 2009 at 8:17 am | Reply

    Dom you’re right starlings have been heard mimicking them and mobile phones! They also imitate many other birds.

  3. disgruntled Says:
    January 9, 2009 at 10:09 am | Reply

    Round here they’re reduced to imitating each other – we were startled to hear a very convincing curlew from the top of a tree, only to realise it was coming from a gang of starlings

  4. PaperBoy Says:
    January 9, 2009 at 1:53 pm | Reply

    I love hearing about how hideous and generally unpleasant London is – reminds me why I don’t want to live there :-)

  5. disgruntled Says:
    January 9, 2009 at 3:16 pm | Reply

    Oh, it has it moments. But that clearly wasn’t one of them…

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