And you think I would recognize a Willow Warbler call? What a kind man.
Just in case you or anybody else thinks my response to you is either sarcastic or that I'm trolling, let be clear that I'm serious on this one. I genuinely wonder how many fairly common birds I miss because I do not recognize that trill sound from the undergrowth?
Firstly, apologies if you have read a similar thread to this on another birding forum - I'm now interested in the 'local' view. Secondly, if you are actually deaf, rather than just tone deaf, may I apologize as well - my 'issues' are minor compared to yours.
Anyway, I was walking the dog this morning & listening to the early spring dawn chorus, when a worry struck me. I knew that some of the sounds I was hearing were probably tits. I also thought that some were probably greats; blues; & coalies - but which were which? I also assumed that I was probably blackbirds & robins - but which were which? I could go on,but you get the picture?
I haven't yet been to see our Sibe guest (remiss of me). In part it's because I couldn't recognize a 'normal' chiffchaff call - let alone one with an unusual call!! I know - a birder who can't recognize a chiffchaff calling. It's a bit like admitting your 7 year old child can't yet read Janet & John books.
You might think from all this, that I am a new birder. However, that is far from the case - I've been birding, to varying degrees of enthusiasm for about 30 years.
So does anybody else on here struggle to recognize bird calls - be it due to tone-deafness or is it tone-dyslexia?
