tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post5601480509573231854..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: BirdsongBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-54108993737196691672007-06-17T21:43:00.000+00:002007-06-17T21:43:00.000+00:00And then there's that predatory swan in Yeats' poe...And then there's that predatory swan in Yeats' poem about Leda.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of swans, all you lovers of birds, have none of you ever encountered one of these ferocious buggers around a lake? They really will attack you if the season is wrong or the food runs out.<BR/><BR/>Not all birds are sweet little cheery-up, Whip-poor-will, chucky, chipper chirpers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-37340556676323697332007-06-16T09:13:00.000+00:002007-06-16T09:13:00.000+00:00Exactly, Janejill - and these lines from Wallace S...Exactly, Janejill - and these lines from Wallace Stevens' great poem Sunday Morning:<BR/><BR/>'She says, 'I am content when wakened birds, Before they fly, test the reality <BR/>Of misty fields, by their sweet questionings...'Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43124595100968134942007-06-15T18:01:00.000+00:002007-06-15T18:01:00.000+00:00Perhaps birds also need to 'make sense of it all' ...Perhaps birds also need to 'make sense of it all' just as we do, in dreams....Janejillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11364478597973105943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27638108348164546522007-06-15T10:21:00.000+00:002007-06-15T10:21:00.000+00:00keyboardkeyboardVincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-7421913775687029742007-06-15T10:19:00.000+00:002007-06-15T10:19:00.000+00:00beautiful song, the ostrich...beautiful song, the ostrich...Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84687001891205168962007-06-15T10:12:00.000+00:002007-06-15T10:12:00.000+00:00Vince, what's with these buttons and things??? And...Vince, what's with these buttons and things??? <BR/>And Iain, I'm beginning to wonder if after all it might have been that ostrich again...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19074425696215382222007-06-15T10:00:00.000+00:002007-06-15T10:00:00.000+00:00Nige, stop doing that. We all have one of those bu...Nige, stop doing that. We all have one of those button things, and looking at it, what the hell is the use of this thing. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬, top left.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, the birdsong, like flowers are there to make one alive. If you get a chance, go to one of the islands that are to small for intensive farming. Not one run by the rspb, its a revelation.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19513098536952916682007-06-15T09:54:00.000+00:002007-06-15T09:54:00.000+00:00maybe in total contrast to most of the british lis...maybe in total contrast to most of the british listening public, they enjoy hearing a bit of ethnic music.<BR/><BR/>on the other hand, blackbirds are good mimics, rather like a poor man's minah bird. the jon culshaw of the trees and hedgerow (or maybe it should be jan ravens!) could be it was getting the greenfinch nuances for a take-off - not a take on.<BR/><BR/>the question is; are you certain Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-32534833750068946692007-06-15T09:53:00.000+00:002007-06-15T09:53:00.000+00:00Thanks Cheever - the thought of Chesterton in a fl...Thanks Cheever - the thought of Chesterton in a floral two-piece is very cheering!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-410100060562376302007-06-15T09:40:00.000+00:002007-06-15T09:40:00.000+00:00Ah good, I was wondering what went in that gap Nig...Ah good, I was wondering what went in that gap Nige. Thought maybe it was a competition, Guess The Missing Words. How men could be made to what? Go to the supermarket wearing a natty little floral twopiece? Jump through hoops while singing Highway 61 Revisited? The possibilities were endless<BR/><BR/>J Cheever LoopholeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-34081229101423211092007-06-15T09:31:00.000+00:002007-06-15T09:31:00.000+00:00And bizarre missing chunk - after 'to' - 'realise ...And bizarre missing chunk - after 'to' - 'realise the wonder and splendour of being alive, in etc... Hope that makes sense now!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86746967715071503672007-06-15T09:26:00.000+00:002007-06-15T09:26:00.000+00:00That'll be 'suburban', 'blackbird' etc...That'll be 'suburban', 'blackbird' etc...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.com