The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for March 24, 2025

I’d rather hear the birds

…or The Byrds

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I ring the bell on my bicycle well in advance before I overtake any walkers on the path, but I still manage to startle some of them because of the ear buds. At least turn the volume down a little!

Sing on, birdie. Some day they will realize what they have been missing.

Birds in cities chirp at different frequencies due to city noise.

No points in trying to impressing steenky hoomans anyways. Just does your theeng and drops the payload on em birdie.

Whatever happened to the crazy conspiracy that birds were actually robots?

Adjusting the transparency settings would help (at least with Apple Earbuds Pro)

Carolina Wren.

So sad, the bird song is nicer than anything coming through those ear buds.

I hear you, little bird! I don’t wear earbuds!

Your fellow birds appreciate you.

Especially in spring.

It’s time to change your tune.

Yes you can. I love the sound of the birds when I’m out walking. Even when the crows are cawing loudly over the song birds.

I never walk around listening to music, or whatever people are listening to on those things. Part of it is that I don’t want to, but also, earbuds absolutely will not remain in my ears. If I want to listen to something without bothering other people at home, I have to use headphones.

I yell “track!” to warn ‘ bud’ people.

I’d rather listen to the birds singing than to music when I’m outdoors. I love music and listen often, but not when hiking, skiing or biking.

Just this morning I thought that “silence” (I mean lack of humanely noises) is extremely loud with all the birds chirping nearby and yelling further away (cranes)… I could not even hear the rustling dry leaves on the beech opposite my window.

I love you birds! Song birds, Mocking Birds, Seagulls, Crows, Magpies, Ducks, and Geese….all of you.

I prefer to not listen to “artificial” noise when I’m out. Too many good sounds, sights, smells, and, who knows how many more days I will be blessed by that.

Birds are descendants of dinosaurs. I wonder if a t-Rex tweeted instead of growled.

I just had an idea. Dogs trained to escort people fixated by ear buds or phones.