Those who know me know I am very deaf. I have lost entire bands of hearing right across where speech is most common. I can't hear my quietly spoken husband and son when they're talking even just across the table from me 
But, I hear every wee beep and cheep, every bird out there. My world isn't silent, just kind of filtered, sort of. I am becoming usefully good at lip reading
Where I live we have trees, lots and lots of trees, and a great many species all close together. We have an impressive array of wildlife for being now so suburban. The range of birds is a constant quiet pleasure A starling in full voice is an entire orchestra to it's own wee self
Sometimes though, even though I can hear the bird, I don't know what it is, so finding good clear easily heard recognition sites is a good thing
This one from the Woodland Trust, for instance
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
The recent thread on nuthatches had me looking for them online. They're not common up here, but I thought that they were some kind of upside down, bandit looking, bird. I found them on that site, and have it in mind now that they're the Morse Code bird
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But, I hear every wee beep and cheep, every bird out there. My world isn't silent, just kind of filtered, sort of. I am becoming usefully good at lip reading
Where I live we have trees, lots and lots of trees, and a great many species all close together. We have an impressive array of wildlife for being now so suburban. The range of birds is a constant quiet pleasure
A starling in full voice is an entire orchestra to it's own wee self Sometimes though, even though I can hear the bird, I don't know what it is, so finding good clear easily heard recognition sites is a good thing
This one from the Woodland Trust, for instance
Bird song identification: common songs and calls
How many birds can you identify by sound alone? Learn to tell some of the UK's most familiar and distinct bird songs apart with our handy guide.
The recent thread on nuthatches had me looking for them online. They're not common up here, but I thought that they were some kind of upside down, bandit looking, bird. I found them on that site, and have it in mind now that they're the Morse Code bird
M
