Why Don't The Birds Sing Here?

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 12:03

I never hear bird song in Cyprus and, being a countryman, I miss the dawn and evening chorus. I have a thrush and a couple of robins in my garden and I see many skylarks about but they never sing as they do in the UK.

Anybody know why?

jeanbrads69


Joined: 15/09/2011
Posts: 78

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 12:15

I get woken every morning by the sounds of the birds singing in Lapta, whe nthe sun is outthey are singing all day long. not too sure what type of birds, little ones, sparrows i think.



also have chickens and geese joining in

stockiefan


Joined: 04/05/2009
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 12:16

Because they are scared of getting shot!! The idiots here shoot anything that moves, including themselves!!!

ttoli


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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 12:19

Singing in Dogankoy most mornings too

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 12:22

We get birdsong in Karsiyaka. Lovely to listen to but just not as many birds as in my native, country area.



Over the last 3 or 4 nights we have just picked out the sound of the Nightjar. A long loud purring trill. As it's name suggests it is a nocturnal bird. I wondered whether they were just visitors/migrating or whether they belong here and breed here.



In 9 years I have never heard them before.

Zoony


Joined: 26/03/2010
Posts: 136

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 12:25

stockiefan you are quite right I think the rule here is if it moves or breaths kill it , we were out on the terrace last sunday when some shotgun pelets rattled off our railings 6 ft away :(

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 12:33

They are singing in Catalkoy right now.

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 12:56

We also saw a Flycatcher yesterday, another one we had not seen before. (not singing though)

Becker


Joined: 13/11/2011
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 13:02

Every morning,early birdsong in orange,lemon,& fig trees.Sparrows,chaffinch,goldfinches & the occasional wren.A pair of blackbirds in competition,early morn & late afternoon.Have song thrushes here as well,unfortunately not heard their song as yet.Quite a few house martins arriving recently.European bee-eaters should be passing through soon.Spectacular sight,looking down on them swooping above the trees feeding from the roof terrace.

suehowlittle


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Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 13:17

Looking forward to them coming. Beautiful creatures! They really do snatch bees right out of the air, absolutely fascinating to watch.



Anyone ever seen a Hoopoo here?

Hippo


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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 13:21

Ive seen a Hippo



Mrs H

martinD41


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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 13:38

Msg 10 Indeed beautiful birds.. http://www.google.com.tr/search?q=hoopoe&hl=tr&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=gI5cT87vD8rN4QTl8cyzDw&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=641

martinD41


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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 13:43

That is how I met my Wife, She asked me to come back to her house to see her "Hoopoe",which I duly did, needless to say it was stuffed...

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 13:48

We have some wrens who live in the shrubbery in our garden and they sing every morning and chatter away all day unless it is raining. Looking forward to the swifts and swallows returning next month, love to watch them skimming the pool for bugs and the occassional drink.







The butlers wife

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 14:18

MartinD41 - Thankyou so much for this link, marvellous.



Now I know we have never seen one. No mistaking such a beautiful bird for anything else is there.



I do know the Hoopoo from a Hippo though, Hippo's can't fly (thank goodness)

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 15:27

JJ, I think you need a hearing test!

AndyR



Joined: 23/04/2009
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 15:41

Why Don't The Birds Sing Here?

Because they didn't apply for a permit / 'pay' the right official / submit the tunes to be whistled in triplicate for approval first.

mozgor



Joined: 16/06/2010
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 15:51

You should come to our garden in Kayalar cos it's full of sparrows and swallows!!! Sparrows wake us up every morning

louthlass


Joined: 09/11/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 16:03

I heard a nightingale in our garden at dusk this week. Haven't heard or seen one for years here. Also have not seen hoopoes for many years or the Cyprus roller. Hoopoes like lemon groves as do nightingales, and there used to be many of them in the groves in Catalkoy. April is normally the month to see them.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 16:09

I wouldn't mind being with Clemence Poesy for a 'Birdsong'!



Richard

rejela


Joined: 09/02/2011
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 16:22

Went to the British High Commission last Friday, there were several Golden Oriels singing in the lrge trees, they are passing through at the moment and there song is so so beautiful and clear The males are bight yellow and black, the females are more of a Greenish yellow but they too are shy birds. They like mature orchards and gardens and perch high up. Again the locals like to eat them which is sad as there is plenty of other food available in the shops.

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 16:29

Sparrows are not song birds, nor are swallows, swifts, bee-eaters or hoopoes - all of which I can hear. What I am talking about is this:-



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jR2VjukqE0

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 16:37

Unfortunately, ALL songbirds and migratory birds qualify as 'ambeliopoula' [Gk.] in Cyprus - north or south - the annual slaughter is horrendous, again unfortunately, impossible to police or eradicate.



Don't forget - a Cyp believes he needs an auto-loading, repeater, double barrel 12 bore shotgun to shoot a sweet little garden Robin.



What are such people?



They should bloody well play 'Paintball' WITH EACH OTHER - USING THEIR HUNTING GUNS!

suehowlittle


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Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 17:13

Jovial John, thankyou for that, it made me feel quite homesick.



I live in North Yorkshire in the UK, middle of nowhere and the birdsong is incredible. Woodpeckers tapping, and mistle thrushes and skylarks, then the cuckoo. I have to say it is something I have really missed.



Agree wholeheartedly with msg 23. But my family (countryfolk) love pheasant, grouse and partridge. Venison is also on the menu once a year!

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 17:58

John, I think your birds must all be living in ex Greek owned nests and are just keeping their beaks down!!!!

jock1



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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 18:01

Maybe they dont know the words........

britvic



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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 18:13

The landowner has re-mortgaged their nest and they are not too happy about it and don't feel like singing.

Smity



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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 18:23

Wrong time of year to sing when hunting is over they will no dought be in full voice

Groucho



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Message Posted:
11/03/2012 18:40

Terry,

We see Hoopoes and Rollers every year here... best place for Rollers is the run into the Karpas. Hoopoes love derelict land they can scratch about in for invertebrates, Dipkarpas is a good place to see them also the forest roads around Akdeniz.

louthlass


Joined: 09/11/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
11/03/2012 19:41

Thanks for that Gavin, hopefully we might see some when we go up to my son's yacht in Karpas gate Marina.

Terry.

dippersgirl



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Message Posted:
12/03/2012 11:28

Lots of lovely birds in Dipkarpaz, evening and morning chorus, In the day too.

jock1



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Message Posted:
12/03/2012 11:44

A luv ra Burds.....

Woodspeckie


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Message Posted:
12/03/2012 12:24

Groucho. Did you take our friend Brian to the Karpas? back in the UK now then going on his travels again.