Date: 7/6/25 9:49 am From: Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] People say the darnedest things
That really cracked me up.
I hope you recorded it with Merlin
Will Merlin identify birders?
Bob Obrien portland.
On Sunday, July 6, 2025, via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
> Overheard yesterday at Point Robinson Park:
>
> (Swainson’s Thrush singing)
>
> Man 1: “Rewoo-rewoo-rewoo (imitation of SWTH) I really like that bird
> song. What bird is that?”
>
> Man 2: “I think it’s a Whip-poor-will.”
>
> (Pause)
>
> Man 2: “No, I don’t actually know.”
>
> Woman: “I think it was a crow.”
>
> Man 2: “What? A crow??”
>
> Man 1: “A crow says ‘Caw caw’.”
>
> Woman: “Well, that’s what I heard, ‘Caw caw’.”
>
> (Thrush sings)
>
> Man 1: “No, that song.”
>
> Woman: “Oh, I don’t know what that is. I wish I hadn’t lost my phone, I
> could do bird ID.”
>
> Man 1: “Well, I like it. I wish I knew what it was.”
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