Bird observations

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My nature observations here in my hills of Dongshi, Taizhong County, Taiwan

Morse code handy for describing bird calls

It seems many bird calls can be described to an extent using Morse code characters and combinations.

Spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis, one type of call: first bird: Morse code "U" (..- ), second bird responding: Morse code "W" (.--) , over and over.

Call of Gorsachius melanolophus

At close range one hears (Hanyu pinyin) wu4 deng3 yu2 wu4 deng3 yu2 wu4 ... , at a distance however all one hears is wu4 ... wu4 ... wu4 (Morse code: "T" (-))

Etc.

Bird call overly resembles telephone bell.(Morse code: "5" (.....))

Dan Jacobson

Last modified: 2008-06-16 02:42:19 +0800