Confirmed identification!
By Fleur
@Fleura (29127)
United Kingdom
April 14, 2022 2:31am CST
Yesterday when we were outside, Little One and I heard a bird singing loudly in some scrub. We thought it was either a blackcap or a dunnock, but I wasn’t sure as I sometimes confuse the two. And dunnocks are far more common.
We listened to it singing a few times, then I realised that with the wonders of modern technology I could look it up right there and see whether it sounded the same. So I searched for blackcap song and found a video, and played it so I could compare the song with what I was hearing in real life.
Rather to our surprise the bird nearby answered the recording! I think that confirmed that it was a blackcap we were hearing. We repeated it a couple of times with the same result. Then I tried out a recording of a dunnock, but got no answer to that. So we took that as proof!
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
14 Apr 22
You could have just asked to see his driver's license and saved yourself a lot of trouble. 
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
14 Apr 22
Miraculously the blackcap actually answered the recording ! The modern technology makes it possible for you to tell the two sorts of birds apart.
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@arunima25 (85269)
• Bangalore, India
14 Apr 22
Yes, these are the wonders of modern technology. But we often get so engrossed in them that we forget to enjoy the real wonders around.
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@sharonelton (24973)
• Lichfield, England
14 Apr 22
Wow! I'm glad you enjoyed listening to the birdsong. It was a great idea to find the same birdsong with your technology to check which bird it was. I like listening to birdsong but I never know what bird it is I'm listening too!
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@Fleura (29127)
• United Kingdom
17 Apr 22
@sharonelton Exactly, there you go, that's one already!
I bet you can recognise a tawny owl as well, they are the ones that go 'twowhit too whooo'
Sparrows just go 'chirp chirp chirp' and chiffchaffs go 'chiff chaff chiff chaff'!
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@sharonelton (24973)
• Lichfield, England
15 Apr 22
@Fleura Good morning and thank you very much. I think I can tell the sound of a few birds. I think I'd be able to tell the sound of a crow. Don't they just go kind of "craw craw craw"?
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@sharonelton (24973)
• Lichfield, England
18 Apr 22
@Fleura Good morning and thank you very much. Oh, yes! I know the tawny owl too! And I guess that's why they call chiffchaffs chiffchaffs! Thank you very much for telling me about some bird calls.
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@Fleura (29127)
• United Kingdom
17 Apr 22
@LadyDuck visiting our garden we have bluetits, greattits, coaltits, robins (European ones of course), blackbirds, song thrushes, magpies, jays (we are close to woods), firecrests, nuthatches and treecreepers (all woodland birds), wrens and chaffinches. Not so many of the other finches although they do pop in sometimes. Also lots of wood pigeons and some collared doves.
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