Monday, June 19, 2017

Birds, dogs and cats of Romania

The stupid pigeon call is back.  Morning, noon and night, this four note call repeats incessantly.  Originally, the hubs thought it was an owl.  Who-whowho-who?  But I've heard owls before, this wasn't right.  I thought about the doves we used to use a BB gun to shoot and eat in the desert of Tucson.  Only in season, of course.  This was that noise.  This ongoing plaintive call belongs to the male collared dove, aka the pigeons of Romania.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYwSX-L1ixI

It's a male on a nest calling for the female to come back please.  Ha!  Your turn to watch the kiddos mate, she's gone for a glass of wine!

There are actually many different bird calls in our "tree house" of a home.  We are on the second floor, so in the US that would be the third floor as ground is zero here, not one.  But the pigeon call dominates.  Sorry, "dove" call.  I'd like a BB gun please, and then some grilled dove breast with a sliver of jalapeno, wrapped in bacon and marinated in Italian dressing.  Tasty and delicious.

There are many dogs here, lots of Husky's, but even more smaller breed fluffy dogs.  White, brown, black, etc, they seem well loved and cared for.  The cats, not so much.  They appear stray, and most have a semi starved look to them.





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