RasmaSandra
I have been fascinated by all kinds of birds. I am not a birdwatcher as such but I do love seeing them and listening to their song. Songbirds are the most delightful things to hear in the spring and the summer. A songbird with a lovely voice is the nightingale.
It is the male nightingale that sings through the night trying to attract female nightingales that might fly by. These single males are one the lookout for a mate.
Nightingales have often been written about in literature, poetry, and song. They enjoy nesting either on the ground or just above it. They feed on insects and especially enjoy ants and beetles. Climate change has greatly diminished their population as well as the great numbers of deer that eat away dense woodland.
So that they could capture their lovely song people would try to catch nightingales in the 19th century. It was an unfortunate time for these birds because they did not do well in captivity and many did not survive.
Today as long as there are nightingales people can still enjoy their songs and these amazing birds can produce over 1000 different sounds.
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Have you seen a nightingale?
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Have you heard them sing?
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Unfortunately, I don’t know this bird.
Beautiful bird picture you shared. Nice one
I like the look of nightingales. I like to hear their song.
wasn’t that the song from Cinderella?
You got it, Alex, It was and so came the inspiration for the title. It was Cinderella who sang sing sweet nightingale so nicely and the ugly stepsisters could not carry a tune.
since the stepsisters aren’t named in the story, I told my goddaughter they were named Centenlla and Sepulveda…
In Disney’s cartoon, the stepsisters are called Anastasia and Drucilla.
yes, but in the source material their names weren’t revealed
I don’t think we have them in the US. If we do, I have not see one, only on a video. I always love learning about new birds.
Me too, Carol. I would like to listen to nightingales sing. I saw online the northern Mockingbird has been given the nickname of the American Nightingale due to its songs.
Love this bird, they are beautiful, and sing beautifully as well.
I don’t know that I ever had. So I listened to one on you-tube – great post you have here.
Glad you enjoyed it and the song of the nightingale.
We have what is called the Indian Cuckoo.
Sounds interesting. I have never heard of the Indian Cuckoo, Grace
Yeah , we called this Kharoo ….and its really beautiful bird