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wafflycat - 09 Jun 2005 21:26 GMT

A nightingale! Spotted this plain brown bird eating insects off a trailing
vine growing round the garage. Spotted same bird singing - wonderful.

A nightingale! Lovely.

Cheers, helen s

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jmcquown - 09 Jun 2005 21:35 GMT

> A nightingale! Spotted this plain brown bird eating insects off a
> trailing vine growing round the garage. Spotted same bird singing -
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>
> Cheers, helen s

I have mockingbirds which sing all hours of the day and night and mimic
every birdsong they hear (and they are very mean to cats!). I've ever seen
a nightingale.

"Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day.
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree."
--William Shakespeare

Jill

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PatM - 10 Jun 2005 02:26 GMT

This lurker suggests listening to the nightingale's song online. It's
better than nothing! I had heard of their lovely song so often in
books that I just had to hear it! PatM

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Adrian - 09 Jun 2005 22:31 GMT

> A nightingale! Spotted this plain brown bird eating insects off a
> trailing vine growing round the garage. Spotted same bird singing -
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Cheers, helen s

You lucky thing, I'd love to hear one.

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Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

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