The Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

I can think of worse ways of waking up!!! lovely colouring

LOL. Me too Sticky. But I would prefer some nice bird song.

dont they have a very nice song?

oh, bit like a scream or a long squeak?!!

http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Pitangus-sulphuratus?&view=3

Yes, it's a beautiful bird!

Very pretty bird :o)

How good you are in identification of birds, Klahanie! Congratulation.

Sticki, They must have large lungs :-)....they are so noisy and no, it is not consider to be a song bird. Seems like they are always very upset and yelling kiss-ca-dee...kiss-ca-dee.

Thank you for your note Paul and Terra.

maybe like our magpies and crows ~ they make a terrible racket ~ as if they are arguing all day!

Katarina, thank you for your compliment but these are very common birds here ....but I do have an interests in that direction.

Very good comparison Sticki.

lots of noise like this in my garden:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=nxtORth2BIY&feature=fvwp

Cute Magpie. They suppose to have a large "vocabulary"
of sounds and be very intelligent (for a bird)
The great kiskadee has a high pitch sound which makes it so annoying. We have some ravens on the Island and they can be annoying as well. Sometimes I yell at them and clap but they ignore me.

ravens are scarily big! we have famous ravens at the Tower of London!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GkR4XBHkRo

quite interesting!

Loved it Sticki. They are very intelligent as well. But the sound of them I can live without.

the internet is great isnt it! i dont think i would like that sound either

have you heard the call a puffin makes?

Puffin? My goodnes Sticki I have not seen one of these creatures in real life. Do you have them around your coast?

yes they are BUT they only like isolated islands, i have seen one in the distance but you have to go at the right time of year, i love them! 'the clowns of the sea'

they seem to well, i was going to say hum but its more of a moan!!! they are funny

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/p/puffin/index.aspx

you can click on the audio to hear them!

I will :-)

reminds me a bit of the blue jay screech. thank goodness they only do it once in awhile, not constantly :)
I've had blue jays wake me up.

You are right, Blue jay's "song" is high- pitched as well....but do you have stellar jays around? They can be even worse. Just a loud screech. Beautiful birds though.

I've never seen a stellar jay. According to my field guide it would be a rarity to see one this far east.

We have more Stellar's than Blue jays. As I think about it I have not seen Blue Jay for a long time.