Learning what the birds were saying gave me chills. Maybe they really were speaking in Japanese. Who knows? We have a couple of crows who talk to us. Sometimes I can figure out what they want (if they want something they tend to yell it over and over), and sometimes not. Yesterday, once I delivered what the crow asked for (mealworms), I very clearly got a thank you.
My husband is a professor at Oregon State and he studies bird song. I told him about your amazing experience and he asked Google Translate to play the Japanese phrases that correspond to what the birds said. He said the Japanese sounds like phrases of House Finch songs. Great story!
Love this so much! Such a reminder to listen to the singing of the birds. It reminds me of a poetry class we did where we were invited to translate bird song, having first read a poem in another language that we didn't know and seeing what we could translate from it just from the sound - and then looking at a translation, and there were often similarities.
Ok. I basically woke up like a half hour ago and you already made the day AMAZING with this story. Love your sleuthing prowess and imagining the look on your face (and feeling in your heart) when you saw that translation.
I love your bird walks, and this story - so smart of you to look closely at the Japanese text and then to translate. It's all AI I suppose, but poetry is where you find it.
This will be the best thing I read today, thanks for sharing! Birds are amazing and now when I hear them in my backyard every morning I'll be wondering what they're chatting about:)
Holy shit! This gave me goosebumps and I’m not gonna lie, it made me cry a little…I’m not surprised you didn’t add anything extra…what else do you say?…speechless. I did a piece a while back talking about writing poetry and how it’s like trying to capture a hummingbird…and you literally captured the birdsong…I don’t even care if it was a glitch. What a stunning glitch 🫶🏻🕊️
I’m going to be mulling over your profound birding experience forever.
I can't stop thinking about it.
Birds are magic. Thank you so much for this story. ❤️
Agreed!
Incredible. I want to feed all the animal songs into a transcription app!
exactly!
Learning what the birds were saying gave me chills. Maybe they really were speaking in Japanese. Who knows? We have a couple of crows who talk to us. Sometimes I can figure out what they want (if they want something they tend to yell it over and over), and sometimes not. Yesterday, once I delivered what the crow asked for (mealworms), I very clearly got a thank you.
My husband is a professor at Oregon State and he studies bird song. I told him about your amazing experience and he asked Google Translate to play the Japanese phrases that correspond to what the birds said. He said the Japanese sounds like phrases of House Finch songs. Great story!
Wow! That's interesting!
Love this so much! Such a reminder to listen to the singing of the birds. It reminds me of a poetry class we did where we were invited to translate bird song, having first read a poem in another language that we didn't know and seeing what we could translate from it just from the sound - and then looking at a translation, and there were often similarities.
Oh wow that's interesting.
That just blows me away! The context at the end is incredible! Never heard anything like this before. Thanks for sharing.
It's crazy, isn't it?
Birds are incredible. I don’t doubt they were speaking, and I’m so glad your recorder captured it!
Ok. I basically woke up like a half hour ago and you already made the day AMAZING with this story. Love your sleuthing prowess and imagining the look on your face (and feeling in your heart) when you saw that translation.
Awww thanks!
Praises to their Maker! Love the bird story. ❤️
I love your bird walks, and this story - so smart of you to look closely at the Japanese text and then to translate. It's all AI I suppose, but poetry is where you find it.
Exactly!
Do they know something we don’t? What a story.
😮😮😮 Truth is stranger than fiction! You couldn't have made it up because no one would believe your story!
This will be the best thing I read today, thanks for sharing! Birds are amazing and now when I hear them in my backyard every morning I'll be wondering what they're chatting about:)
Holy shit! This gave me goosebumps and I’m not gonna lie, it made me cry a little…I’m not surprised you didn’t add anything extra…what else do you say?…speechless. I did a piece a while back talking about writing poetry and how it’s like trying to capture a hummingbird…and you literally captured the birdsong…I don’t even care if it was a glitch. What a stunning glitch 🫶🏻🕊️
yeah it was WILD
Thank you for this incredible reminder of the magic in our world!