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Common Starling song

Avenue Maurice Maeterlinck 11, 1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

A 30-minute field recording by Vincent Duseigne made in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium on 30 September 2018, in the afternoon. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus, crowds & voices and street music & buskers.

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Common Starling song
30:00CC BY 3.0by Vincent DuseigneInternet Archive
30:00
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Recordist's notes

The very soothing sound of my home from the balcony. At the backyard, children playing, neighbors doing a barbecue. In the gardens, two Common Starling discussing and singing. This bird is exceptional and vocalize very much. In aim to protect the territory, the bird imitates Common Buzzard hunting, European Green Woodpecker distress shout, Blackbird anxiety shout. Also, they imitate Canada Goose, because there's a lot of these birds on the nearby Louvain-La-Neuve lake. In aim to communicate, the bird produce some strange bursts of creaks. The contact shout, when birds are far each other, is a repetitive very harsh shrill sound. These birds are not here every day. They especially like to eat rotten fruits during autumn. It's a real pleasure when they are at home.

Written by Vincent Duseigne on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Louvain-la-Neuve is a town of about 29,521 people in Wallonia, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 351 field recordings from here.

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