  Enduro Member Username: Enduro Post Number: 129 Registered: 11-2006 |
I've noticed last year and now again this year some tropical bird noises being piped in around the Harmony Park area. Anyone know what building they're coming from and for what reason? | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 2280 Registered: 07-2004 |
Sounds like mockingbirds to me. | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 333 Registered: 02-2008 |
Thats the peregrine falcons coded whistle. Translation: There's a hell of a lot of tasty pigeons over here. | ||
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj Post Number: 512 Registered: 11-2003 |
http://youtube.com/watch?v=egd GIX9_vIs&feature=related | ||
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv Post Number: 177 Registered: 08-2007 |
STOP STOP STOP that brings back horrible images of James Taylor rock n' roll, an oxymoron if I ever heard one. | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1670 Registered: 11-2003 |
DPD HQ has those sounds going off. I think they keep other birds away. Mike's Fresh Grocery on 7 and Livernois has the same thing playing all day. | ||
El_jimbo Member Username: El_jimbo Post Number: 666 Registered: 12-2006 |
Vizion, Perhaps DPD is getting tougher at interrogation. They got suspects singin like Canaries! | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 536 Registered: 06-2007 |
Yeah..what the hell are those noises? I've heard them too by the downtown cop shop, and in Royal Oak on Washington. I think they are pre-recorded sounds to scare away pigeons, but I don't know. That's the only thing I can think of. | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1671 Registered: 11-2003 |
They are very annoying, but I hate pigeons and seagulls. | ||
Crystal Member Username: Crystal Post Number: 189 Registered: 05-2007 |
How can anyone hate pigeons and gulls? Pigeons and gulls are smart and figure out that the recording of a bird of prey is not a threat. Andrew Blechman has written a wonderful book, "Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World’s Most Revered and Reviled Bird". | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 336 Registered: 02-2008 |
How can anyone hate pigeons and gulls? You say gulls as opposed to seagulls. Since we're not by the sea, should ours be rivergulls? And if the gulls are at the bay, bagels? This thread is for the birds. | ||
Crystal Member Username: Crystal Post Number: 190 Registered: 05-2007 |
No such thing as seagulls. Gulls are gulls. Most common around the Detroit area are ring-billed gulls and herring gulls. Then there are the birds called Canada geese, not Canadian geese, unless they are actually from Canada, I suppose. |
