tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459672920456166963.post2739681632787501974..comments2023-10-16T06:53:28.654-07:00Comments on from the field book: What a difference the rain makes....Mistlethrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051761614198488243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459672920456166963.post-7500795395365496332009-05-31T14:19:16.800-07:002009-05-31T14:19:16.800-07:00Your farm sounds so wonderful Weaver and how lucky...Your farm sounds so wonderful Weaver and how lucky to have swifts. I was walking past a local stables yesterday and paused to watch the swallows very busily flying in and out - magic.<br />I wonder if there is a connection between water and the quality of birdsong. Certainly they seem to sing more after the rain - I wonder if that's why....Mistlethrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051761614198488243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459672920456166963.post-28993475222719518822009-05-18T10:54:00.000-07:002009-05-18T10:54:00.000-07:00The sound of the cuckoo is always so pure when it ...The sound of the cuckoo is always so pure when it travels across (calm) water. I suppose this is the same kind of acoustic phenomenon as a blackbird in the rain...Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459672920456166963.post-61069988629495083792009-05-17T13:46:00.000-07:002009-05-17T13:46:00.000-07:00good birding there!good birding there!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459672920456166963.post-2552462238907690372009-05-17T12:51:00.000-07:002009-05-17T12:51:00.000-07:00Yes Carol, we have noticed how the rain has brough...Yes Carol, we have noticed how the rain has brought the insect eating birds around today. Also have you noticed how much clearer the song of the blackbird is when it is raining? Our swifts and house martins are back in the eaves and the swallows are well on with their nest-building in the barns.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com