The magpies have come to appreciate our small walnut treats so much that early in the mornings, they’re gathering on our back fence to sing us a lovely “rise and shine” song 😆 What great birds!

@jayeless That’s wonderful. They certainly are lovely birds.

@jayeless Love your magpies soooo much. Best sound ever. Like clockwork. They don’t sound the same over here. Not as melodic. More clicks and alien sounds : ) along with their absolute cawing/croaking racket. Got a couple of sweet maggie vids for you if you fancy….Lady and her magpie friends + Swoop.

@hollyhoneychurch Ooh, somehow I missed this comment until just now, but those videos are fantastic ❤️ My grandma fed generations of magpies at her house, and she was full of stories about their cheeky behaviour and spunkiness :) And she was also adamant about their song being much more beautiful than European magpies’ songs, haha

@jayeless Your gran was right!! Best thing about waking up in a new place is hearing the new birdlife. Your magpies were a lovely surprise when I visited Queensland.

@hollyhoneychurch @jayeless Amen to that. I spent three weeks listening to a Bell Bird in Wanaka, ANZ. Its songs were beautiful, but sadly, so different from anything I was used to that they melted from my memory within minutes.

@cliffordbeshers @hollyhoneychurch @jayeless Bellbird: nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/b… . Scroll down to the sounds section. 😀

@Miraz @cliffordbeshers Oh, that is a lovely bird song too 😊 And I’m with you @hollyhoneychurch, listening to that “natural soundtrack” of the birdsongs in a new place is wonderful.

@Miraz I think I listened to this when I was there. The tune is slightly different, though since I can’t remember the one I heard properly, it’s all fuzzy. I remember now that I never saw the bird, I only heard it, so my identification remains tentative. Still, it was a mesmerizing, lilting tune with a clear, ringing timbre, just like that one.

@Miraz oooo super beautiful sounds there Miraz : )

@jayeless It’s lovely hey? Birds are one thing, insects are a different matter entirely - the cicadas drove me (and my tinnitus) mad for the first few days ha!

@hollyhoneychurch I’m pretty sure we sometimes have one of those birds around here. 😀

@hollyhoneychurch Hahah, generally I don’t mind the cicadas (or even like them – to me they sound like summer evenings 🥰) but there’s no denying that when you’re right next to them they’re some noisy buggers, haha

@jayeless 😄

@Miraz fab 🎶