Birdspeak

Neville

Birdspeak

 

Tell me darling, tell me do

why do owls too-wit-to-woo

And why do so many song birds sing

While starlings merely murmur …..

  • Author: Neville (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 17th, 2021 03:25
  • Comment from author about the poem: if ya dont get it .. go ask a friend .. if ya friend don't get it either .. feel free to drop me a line ...
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  • Doggerel Dave

    'Cos they are straining with all their might....?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55655158

    • Neville



      ........... thank you for alighting here & leaving a little bit of writing here.......

      • Doggerel Dave

        Absolutely no problem at all, Nev.----------- In all my posts I do endeavour to be both informative and educative with perhaps a soupcon of--------------?entertainment?

      • dusk arising

        You could feel it throughout the nation
        their skyward gaze contemplation
        the darkening skies
        amazed their eyes
        behold, their first mumuration

        • Neville



          ............. tis with tremendous consternation, I missed that first murmeration .. but certainly enjoy reading and writing about em ................. tis true enough DA .. Cheers, mate .......................

        • Suresh

          Some coo to woo
          Some (humans) have noisy chatter
          But, just need the sweet sound of murmur is all a starlings needs to reach its darling.

          Entertaining post indeed

          • Neville



            ....................... you might well be write my friend ............ and I thank you accordingly ....

          • Christina8

            This is an interesting little write...I confess I don't know a lot about birds but I thought they all sung loudly.....hmmm

            • Neville



              .......................... it depends on whether they know all the words .. some just hum along while others tend to whisper and sigh ................. thank you Christina

            • FredPeyer

              Every morning there is so much noise from the tree beside my house...............never heard the murmur

              • Neville



                ....... I suggest you tell the tree to shut up .. politely though in the first instance and then just look to the sky and wonder ................................ if after 6 months or so you dont get it .. Google starling murmeration ........................................... All Good Things, Neville

              • Robert Southwick Richmond

                For many animals we have a verb for the animal's making the sound, and another word entirely for the sound the animal makes. Dogs bark, they go bow-wow. Owls hoot, they go too-wit-to-woo. Sheep and Trumps bleat, they go baa and fake news! respectively.

                • Neville



                  ............. true enough .. but sheep invariably have a wider vocabulary than Trumps ... Cheers
                  Neville

                • Michael Edwards

                  All God's creatures got a place in the choir
                  Some sing loud and some sing higher
                  Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
                  some just clap their hands, paws or anything you like now

                  • Neville



                    ................ very good Michael a luverly wrendition my friend .. thank you 🙂

                  • Goldfinch60

                    The symphony of birds singing is so wondrous to me. I have seen murmurations in the live and they are one of natures most magnificent sights.

                    Andy

                    • Neville



                      they are, aren't they Andy like a living breathing aurora borealis .. truly amazing .. thank you kindly for seeing and understanding beyond just my scribble ............................ Neville

                    • Fay Slimm.

                      I just love your play on words here Nev.. - the murmurations of starling assemblies are always a wonder for bird-lovers like me and am I caught this little gem of a tribute

                      • Neville



                        ......................... I am thrilled that you did Fay ........ thanking you BIG ..........

                      • L. B. Mek

                        Startling murmuration's and Zebra's camouflage tactics are far too similar - in tone, to the 'herd' mindset in Longfellow's 'A psalm of life' for us to ignore: Nature's sobering pattern for survival's ease, I feel...
                        as usual, an intriguingly clever twist my friend, brilliantly executed

                        • Neville



                          .............. I am truly ever so grateful for you stopping by like this L.B and even more so ..



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