Blackbird whistler

Blackbirds can copy various sounds. They've been known to mimic an ambulance siren and a telephone...
Maybe this bird listens to Sounds of the Sixties on Radio Two. Lol.

Actually...yes...you could be right Teratoonie...come to think of it I've heard strains of Roger Whittaker too!!! :)

Lol. Sounds of the Sixties was on my radio this morning...
listen out for the blackbird singing some Gene Pitney songs.
:o)
Paul McCartney recorded a song "Blackbird"...

Thats agood one TT, i've a clock that on the hour you get a different bird song, & i think the blackbird sings the best out of all the 12 of them, thats funny at 8'oclock the blackbird sings and its just 8 now and he his singing is little heart out.

I saw that photo you took of the clock.
Maybe you could photograph it again with your new camera ?

TT San is coming to my house in morning to show me how to use it, dont know about taking a photo could do with speakers so you could listen to her trying to drum it into me, honestly i'm so slow at picking things up, she will have her work cut out with me, i bet when she walks out my house it will be a sye of releive.

Clarice ~ you're really clever with garden design etc, and using your camera and comments on GoY. You'll be fine learning from San. I hope you both have a great time and take a photo of the clock and a pic. of the two of you together for GoY.
Sorry Fluff for temporarily hijacking your blog. Lol. :o)

Will do,

So the telephone I can hear ringing in my garden is really a blackbird. lol :o)
Yes I remember the 60s very well. !

dont remember the song fluff but my hubby does lol, does your blackbird take requests lol, great blog

Try playing different tunes for the blackbrd to mimic Fluff, to see how clever he is.....

Maybe blackbird could learn The Birdie Song and we could all dance along... :o)

lol TT or 4 and 20 blackbirds would be good hehe

Now i have'nt heard that nursery rime since i was at school, and thats two long than i care to remember.

lol clarice,

I hope you two both remember the time for your date tomorrow. Lol. :o)

are you saying we are old and senile TT lol

I couldn't agree with that. Lol.

Dont know so much about the getting old bit, but sometimes i think i'm getting a bit senile(lol)

lol TT,, 10.30am and looking forward to seeing clarice`s lovely garden to,

Oh dear Terratoonie...now I have a mental image of a blackbird flapping his wings to the Birdie song & getting booed off the fence by the other birds!!
Thanks for your comments & encouragement, Silverbelle...my husband has just said 'see? I told you it is addictive!'...I hope he's referring to this blogging malarky, not teaching blackbirds to sing dodgy songs.
My bird says he does do requests...though he shies away from a certain Wurzels effort...you know the one!

Looking forward to the photo of San, Clarice and Smokey....I guess adorable Angelina is staying at home ???

Fluff ~ That's a brilliant response to all of our comments.
Thought you might wonder what you'd started with this blackbird blog. Lol.

I'm looking forward to meeting you San, mind you i think photos make a place look nicer than they are, and if the sun is shinning it looks better still.

I don't know what he means by 'addictive'. I'm only on for a short while every day...........!! My hubby reckons it's addictive also! What can he be talking about?

Is hubby worried about the candle power being used by your computer ??? Fluff knows all about candles... :o)

angelins will be staying home TT, and have to hide my sore lips on pics lol

Take a pic with you hiding behind the bird clock. lol.. :o)

Ok I'm confused now...I know I'm being a durbrain but why arn't my comments coming up alongside you guys with that cute little photo it took me so long to provide with my name?? What am I doing wrong? You can read what I say & you reply but where am I?? I knew I shouldn't have asked for a laptop for Christmas!

lol TT that would be good,,
aww fluff, i can see your little picture

Fluff ~ what do you mean ?
Can't you see your comments on this page ?

Nah...it's ok Terratoonie...it was a 'doh' moment & I've got the gist now...sorry! Goddammit...it took me ages to summon the courage to ask you guys that question & risk looking a total schmuck & I sussed it out as soon as it was sent!
Never mind...I'm sure there'll be others!! :(

lol fluff sometimes we dont put our brain in gear before thinking lol

Fluff, by the time i answer anybody back, there talking about something else, my daughter laughs at me when i'm typing on my laptop, as it takes me forever, as i still only use two fingers to do it.

practice makes pefect clarice

Clarice ~ you type very well, however many fingers. Lol.
Fluff ~
That's good to know you can see your comments.
Don't worry. We all get confused by things on GoY when we first join... or even after that. Lol.

say that again TT im a bit confussed lol

Heh heh me too Clarice...plus the laptop keeps falling off my lap!! I get cocky after a while & try bringing a couple more fingers into play but press the wrong button & lose the whole email!! ;(

No, San... you'll only start agreeing with me. Lol.

lmao TT, your right i agree

TT...where do you get that wiggly thing you use...it's not on my keyboard. Oh hang on yes it is ~~~~ found it!

lol fluff, your killing me heheeh

Going to say TT i've been with goy about 15mths & had a laptop about 18mths , and still get confused, i make the excuse its my age, thats where the senile bit comes in San.

being on a computer is supose to be good for keeping the old brain going clarice, :o)

Oh for goodness sake...every comment I send has 'edit comment' written by it...wassup now?! Is it me? ;/

thats ok fluff its like that at first just incase you want to add to comment

The 'edit comment' facility lasts for about an hour... for if you wish to alter your comment.... or, as San says, add to it.

..and the flag on other members' comments is only there for you to click on, if you disapprove of someone else's comment, so don't worry that there is not the word flag by your own comments...

... presumably, you would never disapprove of your own comments. Lol.

one thing at a time TT, poor fluff will get confused,, lol, just joking with you fluff, you`ll` be fine

Thats one of the reasons i started to learn, Fluff all these little things everyone keeps putting on, like you asking i've written some of them down for San to tell me, i know what lol means then thats it.

That's a really good feature. No...I would never think I'd want to retract what I've said...unless of course I ask silly questions.........teehee. :0)

looks like its going to be a confusing visit clarice lol

No you were right the first time San...I'm easily confused!
My aunt emails me,Clarice & keeps putting lol after her name & i was wondering why she keeps laughing at me but she means lot of love!

hehe will give you a complex fluff

My best advice to new members is to click on your home page in box quite often to see what's there. It took me a while to get into the habit of doing that. :o)

i agree with TT lol

Glad we're agreed. Good night. Lol.
Enjoy your visit to Clarice.
Fluff ~ enjoy acclimatising yourself with GoY :o)

Paper and pen San writing everything down.

im off to TT so thats another thing we agree on,, nite nite girlies x cya tomoz clarice :o)

Nite nite everyone.See you in morning.x

going back to the black birds , they also have regional accents. how weird is that.

thats amazing sea.. wouldnt think of birds having accents would you, :o)

That means my blackbird has a Dorset accent...ooh arr...that type of thing?! You can imagine a Geordie one! Brilliant! :0)

So my Mr & Mrs blackbird have a lancashire accent. That'll do me.

whats wrong with the geordie accent? :o)
sheep and cows have also got regional accents apparently.

whyi man,, thats geordie isnt it sea! lol

Nothings wrong with geordie...love it...relatives are geordies...I'm imagining a cartoon with different birds talking in different accents!! Can see a geordie magpie! :0)

Well they can send all the magpies back to geordie land for me.

right colours fluff for newcastle lol