Birdsong

[jere7my]

This morning I was treated to a special 5AM performance of Every Sound I've Ever Heard by A. Stupid Mockingbird, from its jaunty perch atop our neighbors' roof. It belted out one sound after another, with a few seconds in between each one (presumably it was holding for applause). Not only did it imitate the neighborhood birds, as you'd expect, but also seagulls, a car alarm, crickets, and three distinct telephone rings.

It was impressive, I'll admit that much. I should really be honored to have the Michael Winslow of the avian world living in my neighborhood. But mostly I found myself wishing I owned a BB gun.

Comments

[irilyth]

My morning performance was Your Attic Seems Really Nice, performed by a variety of small chubby little birds who seemed to want to try to find a way in there. Luckily, our bed is at least four feet from the side of the house where they were. Fneh, stoopid birds.

[mst3kforall.livejournal.com]

Snerk, "the Michael Winslow of the avian world" That was so clever!

[sinsofthedove.livejournal.com]

I guess that is worse than "I forget what I wanted from you, but I'll ask loudly for it anyway" as performed by The Cats.

[wayman.livejournal.com]

Though I sometimes wish we hadn't bought tickets for the entire performance run....

[sinsofthedove.livejournal.com]

"YOU". YOU bought tickets for the entire performance run.

[wayman.livejournal.com]

Maybe my cats are on leave, and we've had understudies for the past few weeks!

[wayman.livejournal.com]

Somehow, this post reminds me that on the back of Gordon Shumway's bouillabaseball card is the factoid "The only record Gordon ever broke was In the Still of the Night".