My Personal Alarm Clock
By sofs
@sofssu (23660)
August 9, 2016 9:41am CST
My body clock works perfectly I am awake exactly on the dot of five or even a few minutes earlier than 5 a.m. I am perfectly tuned to waking up early in the morning without much assistance even on weekends.
I have a personal friend who helps me if I did rarel over sleep. He is the White cheeked barbet who makes a ktroo ktroo noise at 5 a.m sometimes a little before that. He sits on a tree next door and starts his morning call.. his friend answers him from another tree far away. Sometimes many of his other male friends join in. They do it all morning until I have my breakfast and then they disappear.
They are back in the evenings to exchange messages.. it could happen anytime between three and five PM.
I expect to see/hear him everyday.. my day is made with his cheerful calls to his friends.
Do you have a personal alarm clock like this where you live?
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Aug 16
I don't have a personal alarm clock like that but I don't need one either really. If I have to be up at a certain time my body just wakes up.
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
That is a good body clock you have @LovingMyBabies. Same here I wake up when I want too in fact a good fifteen to twenty minutes early.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
Wow so cute! I have only but little sparrows around and they are so noisy each morning but I wake up earlier than they do. I've been used to waking up as early as 5 am unless I spent a late night. So my body clock wakes me up each day to get me up and start my day.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
9 Aug 16
I almost always go to bed early, so I'm up early as well. I think if I did sleep very long, my birds would be chirping under their cage covers. Also, my mother would be worried and probably would come to check on me.
Where do you live? We don't have very colorful birds here, except for my pet birds. That's a pretty one you posted. Did you take that picture? Pretty!
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@CinnamonGrl Same here My parrot calls me by name and says come here until I come down LOL . Yeah that pictures was taken by me last year.. these are common bird in Asia.
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
9 Aug 16
what a beautiful lil bird! don't reckon i've e'er seen one'n person?? i've a family 'f sparrows who're currently residin' 'n various parts 'f the hubs still unfinished front'f the house remodelin' project...which he started last october with great zealousness 'n then quit. needless to say, i'm awakened by their rustlin' throughout the night 'n 't the first glimpse 'f dawns early light, those wee ones 're screamin' fer their breakfast, lol.
i reckon ya could call that my 'personal alarm clock'?
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx sounds like you have one too many.. 
I miss the sparrows here.. they have left our city.. we hardly see any around. I read somewhere that the mobile towers that have sprouted up in large numbers ( just in my lane alone we have two) are responsible for their extinction.
I miss the sparrows here.. they have left our city.. we hardly see any around. I read somewhere that the mobile towers that have sprouted up in large numbers ( just in my lane alone we have two) are responsible for their extinction.1 person likes this
@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx Yeah it seems we do our best to drive away all other creatures.. we are never so happy to share our space with them, which is equally theirs too.
What kind of flowers do the tanagers like?
What kind of flowers do the tanagers like?1 person likes this
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
10 Aug 16
@sofssu there's tons 'f those sparrows here. sadly i've not seen much'f the tanagers, though they stop by from time to time to dine 'pon the hummers feeders...who've also been a tad scarce. the drought keepin' 'em 'way i reckon. can't waste the water to keep their favorite flowers bloomin'...'n then there's those pesky grasshoppers who're eatin' the ones that do put off blooms despite 't.
that's awful that mankinds whims've yet 'gain done such . i don't reckon we, 's a race, 're e'er gonna learn??
. i don't reckon we, 's a race, 're e'er gonna learn??1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
the cats meowing for 'love' are not our alarm clocks but the nuisance alarms. i keep my phone set at 4:30 AM every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@ridingbet LOL I take it that you don't like cats. I don't care too much for cats .. but I love bird calls.
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@ridingbet Oh yes, I hate those mating calls.. it goes on all night. We have a lot of stray kittens here too..
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
@sofssu they sound like newborn babies quarreling with each other. 
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Aug 16
no thats wonderful. my only one right now is a crying baby. which i hope gets used to things here before long
which i hope gets used to things here before long1 person likes this
@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@bunnybon7 Do you have a little baby or someone in your home has one? How sweet! I am sure you will come to love that very soon.
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
9 Aug 16
I saw a white pigeon today...completely white ...long time since I saw one. Felt very happy about it. :)
I am also blessed or cursed with that alarm clock wakes me at about 6.15 am. But the problem is if I get up and start tinkering, dad will get up too...and I would rather he take proper rest. So it is lazing time till about 7 am.
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@vandana7 A dove or a pigeon? I love watching those snow white doves.. the fill me with peace. Hmmm.. I love to be up and about in the mornings. I love watching the sunrise , hearing the birds sings and look at the plants in my little garden. Do you pray while you laze around in bed? or do you have a cat nap?
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@akp100 (13647)
• India
10 Aug 16
Wow, that's pretty early in the morning. You are doing fine. I just had discussion about waking up early in the morning, and I found yours.
About me, yes I have personal alarm here, but electronic one. I have also my fitness belt which usually vibrate in the morning but sometime I don't feel it at all.
I have also my fitness belt which usually vibrate in the morning but sometime I don't feel it at all.1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
16 Aug 16
That is so nice indeed that you have that bird as your personal clock .
Actually , i always hear the birds by the trees on the vacant lots next to our house very early , like perhaps 4:00 a.m. But i would still go to sleep and be awakened by my phone's alarm at about 5:20 a.m.
Actually , i always hear the birds by the trees on the vacant lots next to our house very early , like perhaps 4:00 a.m. But i would still go to sleep and be awakened by my phone's alarm at about 5:20 a.m.1 person likes this
He is a cute lill guy you know.. a bit noisy though.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Aug 16
one day the bird will sleep in and you will wake up confused! lol
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt I usually wake up before him .. just a few minutes before.. LOL on rainy days he is a bit late so not very dependable.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
10 Aug 16
Thats a beautiful clock you have there. There is a chatter of a whole lot of starlings in the morning.
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@responsiveme He is very beautiful no doubt about that.. i haven't seen starlings here.. though my mom used to say there were many around. :(
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
10 Aug 16
No , no sounds of nature .... just my body clock, which unlike any alarm clock...you cant turn off on your day off... lol's he's a gorgeous looking bird 
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
11 Aug 16
While I do hear some birds through my window, I don't have any clue what they are, nor are the they same ones each and every day. I set the alarm on my dumb phone. I work late at night and am usually up until 1am or so, so I won't get up when I awaken to use the restroom early in the morning as I usually will. I make myself get a bit more sleep when possible to make up for the days when I'm missing sleep from working midnight shifts.
