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Help identifying a birdsong (jumpshare.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I heard this bird today that I didn't recognise. There's probably a birding lemmy but I thought I'd try here first. The audio quality sucks but its a continuous warble that decreases in pitch over about 2 seconds.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Eurasian blue tit?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A swallow straining under the weight of a coconut.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps if he grips it by the husk?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Check out the Merlin bird ID app.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I love Merlin! I do go back and delete my old recordings though, they took a lot of space on my phone. Especially because I'm sitting there waiting for the bird to do it again... It's pretty good at ignoring other noises like traffic and dogs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I checked it with whoBIRD (FOSS app that identifies bird calls), I disabled location and date and played the sound from my PC. Pretty confident it's a Eurasian blue tit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Great, thanks for the app suggestion and the effort!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think it's a Blue Tit as well. Here's some samples from xeno-canto which sound similar to your clip:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Thanks! It's strange, we have loads of blue tits in our garden and I swear I've not heard it before.