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kestrellIt's definitely a very cool app, and I know we have lots of different kinds of birds around our house, including wild turkeys, crows, owls, and cardinals.
However, whenever I start recording with the Merlin app the only bird sounds it picks up are house sparrows.
Yes, we have flocks of house sparrows, and they just never get tired of twittering along.
There are some outside my window right now, mocking me.
Alexx and I were sitting outside in the patio furniture, listening to that other sound of the great outdoors, lawn equipment, and I have to admit, I was impressed that the sparrows were not at all cowed (can birds be cowed?) by the roar of lawn mowers. I think they even upped the volume to eleven. They really seemed to be projecting the message "There are more of us than there are of you, and we can do. this. All. DAY!"
So now they are even popping up during my Internet browsing, per the following webpage:
The Meaning of Sparrows: Symbolism and Identification
JENNIFER STONE
https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/The-Meaning-of-Sparrows-Identification-and-Folklore
According to sparrow symbolism, I live in either a very lucky house or the house of the dead.
Now, anyone who saw the very awesome movie "The Dark Half," directed by George Romero and based on the book by Stephen King, knows that sparrows are psychopomps, and I do love psychopomps. If only they didn't sound as if they were providing the soundtrack to a Disney movie, and I'm not talking about "Night on Bald Mountain."
Anyway, here are some other sparrow facts from that page:
According to the Audobon Society, a common superstition states that sparrows carry the souls of the dead, and as such, it is bad luck to kill them. This superstition closely resembles the ancient Egyptian view of sparrows and that of traditional sailors, some of whom would get sparrow tattoos in hopes that the birds would catch and carry their souls should they die at sea. Modern authors have also shared
systems for interpreting sparrows and other birds as omens.
https://exemplore.com/spirit-animals/birds-as-omens-and-signs
Alternatively, sparrow tattoos can represent joy, freedom and inhibition. A popular example of this meaning is Jack Sparrow's sparrow tattoo in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. In addition to being a tribute to the infamous pirate's last name, Jack's tattoo also points to the counterculture of freedom, expression and self-determination prized by those who choose to live outside of the bounds of structured society....
According to the ancient Egyptians, sparrows would catch the souls of the recently deceased and carry them to heaven. (Years later, it became common for sailors to get sparrow tattoos in hopes that the birds would catch their souls if they died at sea.) The ancient Egyptians used a hieroglyph that represented the house sparrow. It was used as a determinative in the words "small," "narrow," or "bad."
However, whenever I start recording with the Merlin app the only bird sounds it picks up are house sparrows.
Yes, we have flocks of house sparrows, and they just never get tired of twittering along.
There are some outside my window right now, mocking me.
Alexx and I were sitting outside in the patio furniture, listening to that other sound of the great outdoors, lawn equipment, and I have to admit, I was impressed that the sparrows were not at all cowed (can birds be cowed?) by the roar of lawn mowers. I think they even upped the volume to eleven. They really seemed to be projecting the message "There are more of us than there are of you, and we can do. this. All. DAY!"
So now they are even popping up during my Internet browsing, per the following webpage:
The Meaning of Sparrows: Symbolism and Identification
JENNIFER STONE
https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/The-Meaning-of-Sparrows-Identification-and-Folklore
According to sparrow symbolism, I live in either a very lucky house or the house of the dead.
Now, anyone who saw the very awesome movie "The Dark Half," directed by George Romero and based on the book by Stephen King, knows that sparrows are psychopomps, and I do love psychopomps. If only they didn't sound as if they were providing the soundtrack to a Disney movie, and I'm not talking about "Night on Bald Mountain."
Anyway, here are some other sparrow facts from that page:
According to the Audobon Society, a common superstition states that sparrows carry the souls of the dead, and as such, it is bad luck to kill them. This superstition closely resembles the ancient Egyptian view of sparrows and that of traditional sailors, some of whom would get sparrow tattoos in hopes that the birds would catch and carry their souls should they die at sea. Modern authors have also shared
systems for interpreting sparrows and other birds as omens.
https://exemplore.com/spirit-animals/birds-as-omens-and-signs
Alternatively, sparrow tattoos can represent joy, freedom and inhibition. A popular example of this meaning is Jack Sparrow's sparrow tattoo in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. In addition to being a tribute to the infamous pirate's last name, Jack's tattoo also points to the counterculture of freedom, expression and self-determination prized by those who choose to live outside of the bounds of structured society....
According to the ancient Egyptians, sparrows would catch the souls of the recently deceased and carry them to heaven. (Years later, it became common for sailors to get sparrow tattoos in hopes that the birds would catch their souls if they died at sea.) The ancient Egyptians used a hieroglyph that represented the house sparrow. It was used as a determinative in the words "small," "narrow," or "bad."
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