In Miami, the sounds we wake up to are those of the concrete jungle, namely cars and sirens. Some residential areas are quieter, but nowhere in Miami have I experienced the orchestra of birds in the morning.
In Miami, unless you leave the city, you rarely see anything other than pigeons, grackles, and turkey vultures. As a child, I recall seeing blue jays and cardinals, but they’re hardly seen anymore. In Melbourne, there are so many birds in my backyard. Here are the sounds of some Australian birds I wake up to.
The Sorrow
The Carollers
The Cackler
The Cooer
The Crier
The Peepers
The Screechers
The Whistlers
About the images and sounds bites
The image of the Laughing Kookaburra was taken by me at the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary in Tasmania. All the other images are from Wikimedia Commons. All the audio files are by Fred Van Gessel for Birds in Backyards.
Oh, thank you, Cossette! I do miss our noisy birds. In Florida, we had mostly water birds and they were largely quiet. Here in Scotland, the birds are generally softly ‘spoken.’
Some of the recordings didn’t work for me, but I loved listening to the ones that did. 🙂