Voices in the woods
Imagine your lost in the woods in Australia and you hear a chain saw in the distance. “Great, civilization,” but then you hear a car alarm, “Ooo.” maybe danger, then you hear children playing and start walking faster, but nobody can be found. Just a pile of sticks with some litter scattered around. Congratulations you have found the nest of a bowerbird. This bird builds a bower on a platform of moss that’s more like a tower of woven sticks and twigs – it’s over 3 feet tall! The bird may spend months or years perfecting its bower and maintaining it. He also decorates, hanging plant sap and caterpillar feces among the lower branches much like humans decorate Christmas trees. These birds can not only mimic other birds but also humans. Video 1 below shows how a Bowerbird can mimic different species or sounds it has heard elsewhere. The male bowerbird collects sounds and uses these sounds to entice the female bird. From chopping wood, a chainsaw, barking dog, children playing or their frustrated parents, the range of Bowerbird’s mimicry is impressive. These birds can do magic by attempting to mimic all the sounds around them, according to a report by Labroots. They’re best known for copying other bird calls, and they’re so good at doing this that sometimes even non-imposture birds in their general vicinity find themselves confused,
Another example of a bird that attracts mates with its calls is the male lyrebird, and as its name suggests, these birds can be rather musical…Lyrebirds work their magic by attempting to mimic all the sounds around it. They’re best known for copying other bird calls, and they’re so good at doing this that birds in their general vicinity find themselves confused or fooled. The lyrebird can be particularly adept at copying artificial noises. In this Video 2 below, a lyrebird is filmed mimicking the sounds of a camera shutter, a camera motor drive, a car alarm, and even the nearby sounds of forest workers using chainsaws to slice through tree branches. It seems there could be no limit to the sounds that a lyrebird can mimic.
Imitation humor
A guy wanted to show me his Bird imitation skills, but I refused.
So he flew away
I went to see a topless ventriloquist last night.
She was amazing, I never saw her lips moving once.
Q: What do you call a very rude bird?
A: A mockingbird!
What’s the difference between imitation bread and the Canadian prime minister?
One is fake dough, the other is Trudeau.
September 22nd Birthdays
1986 – Tatiana Maslany, 1959 – Elizabeth Pena, 1964 – Bonnie Hunt, 1982 – Billie Piper
1958 – Neil Cavuto, 1959 – Andrea Bocelli, 1971 – Chris Tallman, 1961 – Scott Baio