mark clements
New member
I am coming to the conclusion that Yellowhammers do not need to eat.
There is one in a particular tree on my boundary that we hear about every 40 seconds from pre-dawn until dusk... genuinely non-stop!
It is in the same tree all of the time, it seems fine and healthy, but I really do not need to hear it anywhere as many times a day. Is this unusual for a Yellowhammer?
I realise I have presented this as an absolute, it may stop when we go out, but it would have to be bright to know when that is, as the car is the other side of the house.
Or a bird song recording fanatic is playing back constantly, as some kind of mind bending revenge. In which case its working, but we can see the bird...
Any other examples of near constant calling?
There is one in a particular tree on my boundary that we hear about every 40 seconds from pre-dawn until dusk... genuinely non-stop!
It is in the same tree all of the time, it seems fine and healthy, but I really do not need to hear it anywhere as many times a day. Is this unusual for a Yellowhammer?
I realise I have presented this as an absolute, it may stop when we go out, but it would have to be bright to know when that is, as the car is the other side of the house.
Or a bird song recording fanatic is playing back constantly, as some kind of mind bending revenge. In which case its working, but we can see the bird...
Any other examples of near constant calling?