I love birds. I love to hear them when they come back in the spring after a long winter absence. I thrill when I actually find a nest in a tree in the early spring before all the leaves are on the trees. I mean, with as many birds are there are around, I should see nests EVERYwhere, but I don't. And I love eagles. I have dragged family members to more than one "Bald Eagle Day" in Southern Utah. And who can forget the Snow Goose episode? I just like birds. I don't even have a bird bath or a bird feeder in my yard like some people do, but there are plenty around here to just enjoy. There are all kinds. They play and bathe in the ditches, eat stuff in our lawns and gardens (just bugs, worms, etc. They are NOT pests.), call their children home loudly at dusk.
HOWEVER, I do NOT enjoy birds one single bit when they wake me up at 4:30 a.m. with their loud and happy tweeting and twittering. What's up with that?! It's not even light yet, or even close to being daylight!!! 4:30 a.m. is just WAY too early to be awakened on any morning. So I just get up and slam the stupid window shut so I can't hear them quite as clearly. That's not going to work when it gets hotter and we put the swamp cooler in our bedroom window soon...the noise comes right through. Dang those stupid birds!
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I agree with you! Bird chirping is pretty and all, but not that early! Maybe they were calling for their wayward (is that the right spelling?) child to come home that went out all night and they've been having problems with this particular child of theirs. Then maybe they started having an argument about what to do over it. Then the yelling started up again and then the child came home and the parents had WORDS with it. THAT'S what you heard...maybe. ;-)
You have a right vivid imagination, my dear cousin! I about choked on the cookie I was eating as I read that little comment because I started laughing so hard. And all the while those birds are STILL at it!!! But it's daylight, I'm not trying to sleep, so it's all good. I do sometimes wish I could speak bird. But maybe not. Perhaps they are NOT as happy as they sound. ha!
Our new place is on the 3rd level. Love it. I dare keep my window open at night...
Lo and behold, there is a train. A very loud train. A train that runs through West-Central Provo EVERY morning at 5 AM, blaring its horn. Grrr.
There is NO reason why anyone should be up that early. NONE!
I'd take the birds....
I remember spending the night at my brother Robert's house and hearing trains at night. I believe they said, "You get used to it." Good luck with that. Put out a bird feeder--maybe the squabbling birds will drown out the train noises. ha!
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