So, I'm out in the back yard this morning doing the normal routine with my chihuahua, Olive. She's ditifully taking care of business and I'm off in my own morning world daydreaming, enjoying the cool morning air, and looking out over the mist covered field behind my house. A beautiful morning.
I suddenly realized that I'm hearing the morse code letters B D N, at about 13 wpm, very clearly from somewhere. There was a bird (a Killdeer) sitting on the peak of my house pounding out the letters BDN, BDN, BDN...over and over again. When I looked at him he looked back with that unnerving, tilt of the head, side eye birdie stare..
Best fist I've heard in a long time and the dah and dits had perfect weight, balance and spacing. B D N, little pause, and then B D N again and again until it flew away. I'm sure Kildeers have been doing this forever but it's really the first time I ever saw one sit long enough to hear the pattern. They're usually on the ground runing away from me pretending to have a broken wing to lead me away from a nest.
Why B D N??? Was he calling another ham bird buddy? Was it regional thing?
I was very impressed by the Killdeers morse skills, although the audio did have a slight "chirp" at the beginning of each letter.
I suddenly realized that I'm hearing the morse code letters B D N, at about 13 wpm, very clearly from somewhere. There was a bird (a Killdeer) sitting on the peak of my house pounding out the letters BDN, BDN, BDN...over and over again. When I looked at him he looked back with that unnerving, tilt of the head, side eye birdie stare..
Best fist I've heard in a long time and the dah and dits had perfect weight, balance and spacing. B D N, little pause, and then B D N again and again until it flew away. I'm sure Kildeers have been doing this forever but it's really the first time I ever saw one sit long enough to hear the pattern. They're usually on the ground runing away from me pretending to have a broken wing to lead me away from a nest.
Why B D N??? Was he calling another ham bird buddy? Was it regional thing?
I was very impressed by the Killdeers morse skills, although the audio did have a slight "chirp" at the beginning of each letter.