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Thread Author: Armel Coussine	Replies: 8

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Thu 3 Dec 15 14:37

Smale fowles maken melodye - Armel Coussine

I heard, or thought I heard, a few pure notes from a nightingale last night, very late in the dark. Herself says I can't have, wrong time of year she insists. But it certainly wasn't an owl (there are lots round here, two kinds) and the guinea-fowl don't speak when it's pitch dark.

I certainly wasn't dreaming or asleep. However later on I had a long, realistic, convincing dream about smoking dope with the Obamas, who were utterly charming. I'm afraid the amount I drink may sometimes disturb my kip. Tsk.

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Thu 3 Dec 15 15:14

Smale fowles maken melodye - Focusless

Wasn't a robin was it? They're very (surprisingly?) tuneful:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrw9xPCFtYw

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Thu 3 Dec 15 15:52

Smale fowles maken melodye - Armel Coussine

Herself assures me that robins don't sing before dawn. Perhaps it was later than I thought.

But the song I heard was just a few pure, mournful single notes. Blackbirds and thrushes sing jazz riffs, quite complex stuff.

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Thu 3 Dec 15 16:04

Smale fowles maken melodye - John Boy

She's wrong about robins:

www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?print=1&a=3623

I remember hearing one in the middle of the night when I stayed with a friend in north London.

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