We seem to spend an inordinately large amount of time in this town trying to keep our food away from sea gulls.
We do enjoy many of the birds though. The Myna birds wake us up with their lyrical songs around dawn (much like the Robins in the U.S. start making noise just before dawn). The Mynas are not native though, and were introduced from India and other parts of South Asia, and are generally considered unwelcome residents. We especially enjoy the sounds the local Magpies make. It is hard to describe, but the most common call sounds like a somewhat robotic, but melodic and pleasing, squeaky gate noise. Magpies can also mimic many other bird species and human speech.
We do enjoy many of the birds though. The Myna birds wake us up with their lyrical songs around dawn (much like the Robins in the U.S. start making noise just before dawn). The Mynas are not native though, and were introduced from India and other parts of South Asia, and are generally considered unwelcome residents. We especially enjoy the sounds the local Magpies make. It is hard to describe, but the most common call sounds like a somewhat robotic, but melodic and pleasing, squeaky gate noise. Magpies can also mimic many other bird species and human speech.
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