worgeordie Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Or maybe they where here all the time and have just have gone into mating mode,I get along with all the flora and fauna around me, I don't want to kill snakes,geckos,bees,hornets,they all have a place and a job to do,live and let live,the only wildlife I cannot tolerate are mozzies, and tree rats when they invade the roof space in the rainy season. But the plaintive cry of this bird,the same note repeated over and over,if you have one in your niebourhood you will know exactly what i mean,I can hear it and sometimes it is quiet near but I have never seen one yet, there are a few twichers on this forum whom I am am sure will be able to name this bird just by the description of its grinding call,just hope it finds a mate soon and shuts up !. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MESmith Posted February 27, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2014 When I read the topic title, I thought you were referring to the lady in the Big C extra fruit & veg dept who never shuts up on the PA system 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 The loudest most annoying bird (I know several) is the greater caucal, a big reddy brown bird looking like a raven. A predator that steals other birds eggs and their young. What a haunting cry that has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I mean greater coucol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Have one in our garden. Love that piercing call 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 We have one around our place - it's great, like living in the middle of the zoo ! Their sound will alter according to season. Maybe its males and females make different sounds. Sometimes they sound more like a monkey but now more high pitched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circusman Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I was afraid to bring up the subject of annoying birds. Doves ! Lots and lots of them. Once or twice the cooing is nice - even relaxing. Not Hong Dong doves. 40 times right in a row they would annoy Francis of Assissi. This village seems to be paradise for them. Rocks thrown at them only delay the mating calls. I would try a fake owl if I could find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayemanomad Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 For a minute I thought you meant an ex-girlfriend Worgeordie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMfoodie Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Mating calls go on day and night.... is it legal to shoot them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isanbirder Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I mean greater coucol 1393471123101.jpg No, you mean Greater Coucal. Maybe you should realise that you're the intruder; they belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I mean greater coucol 1393471123101.jpg No, you mean Greater Coucal. Maybe you should realise that you're the intruder; they belong. Yes that's a fair description of us expats.Ok back to intruder forum..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Try this, sold at a drug store near you: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARISTIDE Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Don't do it. Mating calls go on day and night.... is it legal to shoot them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Airsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchidlady Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 My neighbor has a giant mango tree (maybe 40 feet high) and some bird has been singing it's heart out starting at around 3 AM. I can even hear it with ear plugs. Now I know what the bird looks like. I was hoping a cat would get it. Now I hope it finds a mate and they decide to move elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapguy Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yes, they are assertive!! We have one near who is also pining for a mate, or mater is going on in bird land . Get some ear plugs, if it drives you absolutely bonkers. Perhaps, understand that we --- birds and us --- are all part of the whole deal! Not that I am happy with bird shit on my gate or porch, but I can live with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrens54 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I was afraid to bring up the subject of annoying birds. Doves ! Lots and lots of them. Once or twice the cooing is nice - even relaxing. Not Hong Dong doves. 40 times right in a row they would annoy Francis of Assissi. This village seems to be paradise for them. Rocks thrown at them only delay the mating calls. I would try a fake owl if I could find one. Don't mind the doves too much but we have to put up with the Great Pigeon (winged rats) Invasion at Koolpunt 5. They run riot over everyone's roof and crap like they've been eating Indian Curry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiengmaijoe Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) Although this birds call is pretty repetitive , (I've got one around my house) I take the same approach as I do with barking dogs, croaking frogs, dripping taps, or a nagging wife, I ignore it. The moment you let it annoy you you've had it. Ear plugs, besides being impractical and probably ineffective are just a way of admitting defeat. Edited February 27, 2014 by Chiengmaijoe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARISTIDE Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 The moment I see some guy shooting birds I will call a police and make sure you pay for what you did and post your story in pantip.com. Shooting birds is very serious and offensive for many good Thai families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isanbirder Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 The moment I see some guy shooting birds I will call a police and make sure you pay for what you did and post your story in pantip.com. Shooting birds is very serious and offensive for many good Thai families. You should live for a spell in the Isan countryside. Villagers here kill and eat any birds they can get hold of; they are not offended in the slightest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I like it. Even more birds in Sri Lanka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARISTIDE Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Isaan also kill and eat dogs if youre Thai you will know North and Isaan are diiferent culture. And we don't appreciate shooting birds here. The moment I see some guy shooting birds I will call a police and make sure you pay for what you did and post your story in pantip.com. Shooting birds is very serious and offensive for many good Thai families. You should live for a spell in the Isan countryside. Villagers here kill and eat any birds they can get hold of; they are not offended in the slightest. Sent from my GT-I9300T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Isaan also kill and eat dogs if youre Thai you will know North and Isaan are diiferent culture. And we don't appreciate shooting birds here. The moment I see some guy shooting birds I will call a police and make sure you pay for what you did and post your story in pantip.com. Shooting birds is very serious and offensive for many good Thai families. You should live for a spell in the Isan countryside. Villagers here kill and eat any birds they can get hold of; they are not offended in the slightest. Sent from my GT-I9300T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Not much evidence of birds or wildlife when I hike in the jungle. See a few empty shotgun cartridges... If I want to see birds, I stay in my garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somnambulist Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 My two-year-old meditation practice has done wonders for my noise tolerance. When the local outdoor restaurant has a live band that plays till past midnight I just go to sleep. Two years ago that was unimaginable. We also hear the call of the gowgow outside our window. It reminds me I'm lucky enough to live in a house surrounded by nature. There was a gowgow in a tree outside a house I rented when I was new to Thailand and it would wake me up every morning and I would complain to anyone who would listen. Someone finally told me lots of Thais would love wake up to the sound of a bird but I didn't want to hear that at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 I would not want to kill any birds just because they make a noise,after all he's only doing what comes naturally,trying to find a mate, he's been quiet today so maybe he has been successful. Birds of all sizes have been part of a Thai diet for 1'000s of years, and its still going on,its the poorer people so who can blame them, the people building our house always had their catapults handy.and they were from Chiang Mai. Thais like the Chinese will try to eat anything that moves, there where no dogs or cats left around the Thai workers camp in Singapore,then they went after the huge Koi in a government park,very expensive Koi, regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Geordie, are you still there? The range of this bird, the Asian Koel, does not extend into most of Isaan. So move to Roi Et and you will get the aural relief you crave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineconehead Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I miss waking up to the sounds of the morning birds in Bangkok, as it is I wake up to the sounds of the crow congress held at least once or twice a month, just across the street. I know which I prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isanbirder Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Geordie, are you still there? The range of this bird, the Asian Koel, does not extend into most of Isaan. So move to Roi Et and you will get the aural relief you crave. Briggsy, the ranges in Isan given in Lekagul and Round are out=of-date, and were anyway mostly guesswork. In Buriram we have masses of Koels (I somehow don't think that's the right collective noun!), and I doubt whether they are any rarer in Roi Et. Aristide, I lived in Chiangmai for 15 years before moving to Buriram, so I think I can (while not being Thai) reasonably claim to speak for both. I was staying in a village near Omkoi once, and asked my host why were no birds, and his answer was, "Karen kin mot".... but then he was Karen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Geordie, are you still there? The range of this bird, the Asian Koel, does not extend into most of Isaan. So move to Roi Et and you will get the aural relief you crave. Briggsy, the ranges in Isan given in Lekagul and Round are out=of-date, and were anyway mostly guesswork. In Buriram we have masses of Koels (I somehow don't think that's the right collective noun!), and I doubt whether they are any rarer in Roi Et. Aristide, I lived in Chiangmai for 15 years before moving to Buriram, so I think I can (while not being Thai) reasonably claim to speak for both. I was staying in a village near Omkoi once, and asked my host why were no birds, and his answer was, "Karen kin mot".... but then he was Karen. Many years ago, I worked in a factory in Ayutthaya. The staff came from all over Thailand. The ones from deep Isaan had no idea of the koel sound. The others from south, north and central did. Robson which is more recent than Lekagul and Round still has koels absent from a large chunk of Isaan. Buri Ram gets load of species that are vacant from the stony and deforested lands in Yasothon, Roi Et, Mahasarakham, eastern Khon Kaen, etc. I have never seen or heard a koel in this "poor soil" region. I am fairly confident koel relief can be had in Roi Et for the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfmuc Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Geordie, are you still there? The range of this bird, the Asian Koel, does not extend into most of Isaan. So move to Roi Et and you will get the aural relief you crave. Briggsy, the ranges in Isan given in Lekagul and Round are out=of-date, and were anyway mostly guesswork. In Buriram we have masses of Koels (I somehow don't think that's the right collective noun!), and I doubt whether they are any rarer in Roi Et. Aristide, I lived in Chiangmai for 15 years before moving to Buriram, so I think I can (while not being Thai) reasonably claim to speak for both. I was staying in a village near Omkoi once, and asked my host why were no birds, and his answer was, "Karen kin mot".... but then he was Karen. Many years ago, I worked in a factory in Ayutthaya. The staff came from all over Thailand. The ones from deep Isaan had no idea of the koel sound. The others from south, north and central did. Robson which is more recent than Lekagul and Round still has koels absent from a large chunk of Isaan. Buri Ram gets load of species that are vacant from the stony and deforested lands in Yasothon, Roi Et, Mahasarakham, eastern Khon Kaen, etc. I have never seen or heard a koel in this "poor soil" region. I am fairly confident koel relief can be had in Roi Et for the OP. 'Buri Ram gets load of species that are vacant from the stony and deforested lands in Yasothon, Roi Et, Mahasarakham, eastern Khon Kaen, etc' - Really? 'I have never seen or heard a koel in this "poor soil" region.' - Might be the same area wherefrom we got the smoke over the last weeks here in Phrae province... In our garden we also have this nice bird and over the years many different birds decided to live there. Don't know if this community is always peaceful. But at least, they know there is nobody shooting them. It's a good feeling. Btw, there is another thread on Koels http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/703418-to-kill-a-koel-bird/page-3#entry7504639 not out-of-date. W.t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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