Few sounds are more evocative to me than the song of the Greenfinch. It brings back memories of trying to work out bird songs from scratch when, as a young teenager I started to watch birds in my local park. The Greenfinch's loud, distinctive cicada-like song carries longer than the beautiful, canary-like warbling notes that alternate with it. It took me attempts to finally find the source of the song, high on the canopy of a pine trees they used as song post. Later I also watched their display flight, with slow-motion butterfly-like wingbeats high over the trees, as they sing.
Greenfinches have started to sing in the last couple of weeks and as I realised there is no Greenfinch post in the blog, today is the first step to amend that. I took the top shot today on my way to work, as I heard the finch calling. Listen to its song in this
Xenocanto recording.
Aerial song
From a Hawthorn
A pair in an Ash tree with male singing.
Lovely pictures. Our London Greenfinches have a much wheezier call than your example -- that's another Xeno-canto recording from outer London. Like you, I had a difficult time working out what was making this odd sound.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting Ralph. Much appreciated. Maybe the London Greenfinches have adapted to increased noise levels. The recording I chose is in a very quiet wild place, judging by how clear it is.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have ever been able to distinguish this song before, thank you for educating me further, Africa!
ReplyDeleteMost happy to help Toffeeapple! :-)
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