Repetitive bird tune all day (1 Viewer)

[Mike23]

Hi,

All my life I have heard noises from birds, however a problem has started recently where the same loud and high-pitched tune is repeated again and again by one or more birds. I now know how the tune goes as it is so repetitive.

I was wondering if anybody could help me by providing an explanation for this and an idea of when it may stop. It does stop in the night but it prevents me from enjoying my home and studying properly in the day time. I remember it happening since Friday the earliest.

I would appreciate your help.

Thanks

 

[delia todd]

Hi Mike and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.

It's not easy to guess what is making the noise without at least some description of it; though a recording would probably be better if you can manage that.

What sort of habitat do you have around you?

 

[Mike23]

Thank you for your response.

I have gone out to investigate and found another bird singing the tune along with the bird that has originally been singing it all this time. Unfortunately I do not have anything that would allow for a decent recording.

I have done some research and found that the the singing could be for mating/ territorial purposes. Do you think that the second bird could be singing back to maybe bond with the other bird?

Not sure if this will help, but I believe one of the birds may be smaller than a magpie and it seemed to be a brown colour. However there is the possibility that I may have been looking at the wrong bird. The number of birds that I see in my garden varies throughout the day.

I live in a city area but my back garden is adjacent to a canal area with lots of trees and grass. There are many trees in neighbouring gardens as well.

 

[delia todd]

Hi again Mike

I'll move your thread to the ID forum, I think. You'll likely get better help there.

 

[Sangahyando]

Not sure if this will help, but I believe one of the birds may be smaller than a magpie and it seemed to be a brown colour. However there is the possibility that I may have been looking at the wrong bird. The number of birds that I see in my garden varies throughout the day.

Maybe an untalented Blackbird then?

 

[MSA]

The bird is most likely to be a Song Thrush imho.

 

[Brian2]

Song Thrush would be loud and repetitive and they are in full voice right now so my guess too without any other info.

 

[foresttwitcher]

If it is a Song Thrush, which sounds possible, then try to enjoy it - there are fewer around than in the past.

 

[Wildmoreway]

Song Thrush would be loud and repetitive and they are in full voice right now so my guess too without any other info.

I agree and the sound i enough to carry through double glazing. If it is annoying try a pair of foam ear plugs.

 

[Mike23]

Thanks for your responses so far they're much appreciated.

Normally I would embrace a bird that is becoming increasingly uncommon. I've always found animal behaviour interesting. The issue is that the noise is piercing and I'm also in the final year of my degree so I'm a little extra irritable than I usually would be. The noise makes it harder to study.

Speckled Wood - Yes I will try and see if I've got any ear plugs about, thanks for the suggestion.

I'll let you all know if I notice anything else about the bird(s). After seeing videos on Youtube of Song Trush birds I'm surprised that the bird(s) by my garden does not sing a wide range of tunes. But then I suppose some birds probably sing a wider range of tunes than others.

 

[Mike23]

After reading up on other birds I realised that when I said the tune is repetitive, I could possibly have been misinterpreted.

Other individuals have said they have heard repetitive noises from birds like a car alarm. I do not refer to a noise like this. The bird(s) basically sings a tune with various notes, it may last for roughly 30 seconds and then it starts over.

Is there a possibility that the bird will leave eventually?

 

[Brian2]

After reading up on other birds I realised that when I said the tune is repetitive, I could possibly have been misinterpreted.

Other individuals have said they have heard repetitive noises from birds like a car alarm. I do not refer to a noise like this. The bird(s) basically sings a tune with various notes, it may last for roughly 30 seconds and then it starts over.

Is there a possibility that the bird will leave eventually?

Sounds like it's on breeding ground so probably there to stay for a while.

 

[MSA]

If it's a successful breeder, it'll be too busy to sing much once the young need feeding (but it might start up again afterwards) - if it doesn't find a mate, it will eventually give up and try elsewhere.

 

[htcdude]

Other individuals have said they have heard repetitive noises from birds like a car alarm. I do not refer to a noise like this. The bird(s) basically sings a tune with various notes, it may last for roughly 30 seconds and then it starts over.

If it sings for 30 seconds at a time I would agree with Song Thrush. Otherwise I would've suggested a Robin.

The thrush will stop singing later in the year |=)|

Nige

 

[stonechat1]

Hi Mike,

compare your bird song with them on this website. There are a lot variations in the song, IMHO:
http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Turdus-philomelos

Cheers,
Roman