On a walk this morning I saw a Corn Bunting singing his socks off on the top of a hawthorn tree. His song is a bit like a yellow hammer's song but with a twist. They've become quite endangered and are on the 'red' list for conservation status. Click here to see a video on the RSPB website of them.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
A rare sight on the Wolds
On a walk this morning I saw a Corn Bunting singing his socks off on the top of a hawthorn tree. His song is a bit like a yellow hammer's song but with a twist. They've become quite endangered and are on the 'red' list for conservation status. Click here to see a video on the RSPB website of them.
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5 years ago there was a Corn Bunting on Beverley Westwood doing a perfect imitation of a Yellowhammer song. Possibly its father had died while it was young, (or still in the egg) & a Yellowhammer's song was fairly close by. The basic structure of the song is, as you say very similar. It was very weird to see/hear!
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Thanks for the compliment on my website. How very interesting to read your comment. I'm putting on a blog with the different songs of the two on tomorrow - just a few technical glitches that I need to tweak - so watch this space!
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