sandeyeThe calls
September 26th 2007 16:17
The tame raven has learned to sit on top of next door's roof and crawwwwwwk. If I am in the back of the house and hear him, he will fly down onto the carport or lawn as soon as he sees me lift the curtain. He knows that I am soon going to pop through the door in a moment with a piece of cheese or another tasty snack for him!
We used to have a similar arrangement with the black-faced cuckoo-shrikes. I would hear a chattery whirring chitter, recognize their call, and pop to the door with our ever handy white plastic tub filled with cubed cheese especially for visiting birds. If I did not hear them, perhaps if I were playing music rather loudly, one of these cheeky fellows would come to the windowsill and tap its beak on the glass, even!
When we used to have tame magpies, their call alerted me to the fact that our cheese tub would be required, also. If I heard the bird, out came the cheese.
Although I often hear other birds talking and singing in the yard, it is usually only these species that actually call out especially to request a meal.
We used to have a similar arrangement with the black-faced cuckoo-shrikes. I would hear a chattery whirring chitter, recognize their call, and pop to the door with our ever handy white plastic tub filled with cubed cheese especially for visiting birds. If I did not hear them, perhaps if I were playing music rather loudly, one of these cheeky fellows would come to the windowsill and tap its beak on the glass, even!
When we used to have tame magpies, their call alerted me to the fact that our cheese tub would be required, also. If I heard the bird, out came the cheese.
Although I often hear other birds talking and singing in the yard, it is usually only these species that actually call out especially to request a meal.
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