On these wonderful cool summer nights I am able to sleep with my bedroom window open and consequently I am sung awake each morning at sunrise by a bird in the apple tree outside my window. I suspect it's just a little sparrow but he has the attitude of the 'cock of the walk'. I think he's sure that he is calling the sun up because as soon as it's up he stops singing - his job is done.
His song goes like this:
Cheeerrr (long and slow) then weeet, weeet, weeet, weeet, weeet, weeet, weeet ( 7 very quickly).
This phrase gets repeated several times, then he varies the routine - sometimes one cheeerrr and one weeet, then a joyful series of cheeerrr's. Then if the sun's not quite up yet, he runs through the whole program again.
Sing on little bird!
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